Re: [ontolog-forum] Universal Basic Semantic Structures

[William Frank <williamf.frank@xxxxxxxxx>]

"all things shall??? be classified".  See below.

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:15 PM, doug foxvog <doug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, September 26, 2012 08:53, Andries van Renssen wrote:
> On 10 september 2012 at 20:41  doug foxvog wrote:
>> On Thu, September 6, 2012 16:39, Andries van Renssen wrote:


>> > Furthermore, the statement is that all individual things 'shall be'
>> > classified, whereas that is not required for kinds of things.

>> This is a rule in your system.  Kingsley asked "what is not to like"
>> about this text snippet.
>> The lack of requirement that kinds of things need not
>> be classified is something that falls in this category since the lack
>> of classification limits the type of reasoning that can be performed.

> [AvR] The statement that "all individual things 'shall be' classified" is
> indeed a rule. Semantically it is not a necessity in Formal English,
> because expressions can be interpreted without it.
> However, I think it is a valuable rule, because it adds possibilities
> for verification of the correctness (consistency) of expressions.
> Therefore, the rule is intended as a (strong) recommendation.

Agreed.  The statement "all things 'shall be' classified" is a stronger
rule.  IMO, it is valuable because it adds more possibilities for
verification of the correctness (consistency) of expressions than
the more limited rule that you state.

 Try to imagine a thing you could not classify at all.  I just can't.  Please describe such a thing you have imagined to me.

Is it a living thing, or an inaimate thing?    Won't you be able to tell at some point, if not yet?  Is it a solid or a gas or a liquid or a combination?  Is it possible that you can recognize it as a thing, any yet are, in principle, not able to tell what kind of thing it is? 

here is a thing.  How do you know it is one thing, and not two, or a half a thing?

What does this tell you about this "rule."

-- 
William Frank

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