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Re: [ontolog-forum] Fwd: MOVED: Re: [ontology-summit] Hackathon: BACnet

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Cc: Hassan Aït-Kaci <hak@xxxxxxx>
From: Steven Ericsson-Zenith <steven@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:33:31 -0700
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Peirce would not accept this use of x either, but for different reasons.  
Indeed, nor would Peirce argue that this question is a matter of preference or 
notation.    (01)

Steven    (02)



On Mar 21, 2013, at 9:28 PM, "Barkmeyer, Edward J" <edward.barkmeyer@xxxxxxxx> 
wrote:    (03)

> Actually, John, the last observation is slightly inaccurate.  'give' is a 
>predicate.  A is not connected to 'give' but rather to some "event" x that 
>satisfies 'give', and similarly, B and C.  Moreover, the 3 dyadic relations 
>capture the notion of distinct "roles" in the 'give' event.  I prefer to speak 
>of the existentialized event x as a "giving" (the gerund).  It is my 
>recollection that Adam Pease also explicitly uses the term 'gerund' in 
>describing the CELT (KIF) model of A gives B to C.
> 
> -Ed
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>BACnet Ontology
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> Two points:
> 
> 1. It is certainly true that you can map A gives B to C into a form that uses 
>only dyadic relation.
> 
> 2. But Peirce was trying to explain that you have simply converted one triad 
>into a triad of a different form.
> 
> I'll just use predicate calculus notation, since it's easy to type.  But the 
>point is obvious when you use a graph notation.
> 
> With a triadic relation:
> 
>     gives(A,B,C)
> 
> With three dyadic relations and a monadic relation give(x):
> 
>     (Ex) give(x) & agent(x,A) & theme(x,B) & recipient(x,C)
> 
> In the first version, you have a triadic connection of A, B, and C to the 
>relation named gives.
> 
> In the second version, you have a triadic connection of A to agent to give, B 
>to theme to give, and C to recipient to give.
> 
> You still have a triad, but the central node is called give instead of gives.
> 
> John
> 
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