On Apr 10, 2014, at 2:01 AM, Richard H. McCullough <rhmccullough@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote: (01)
> I'm using "physical context" to denote all the propositions which describe
>the
> external world, independent of man. The propositions include the relations
> which define the entity-characteristc-proposition hierarchy which is very
> helpful in organizing our knowledge about the external world. In my
>definitions,
> "characteristic" and "property" are synonyms. (02)
OK, then with this understanding, classes are in the physical context also,
since they are used to describe the external world. In fact, they are what are
often called categories. So for example, the category of being a plant is a
class. (03)
>
> I take physical context propositions to be "real things" because they denote
>facts
> about the real world. (04)
Careful. There is an important distinction between being real (being in the
world) on the one hand, and being used to denote something real (being ABOUT
the world) on the other. These do not mean the same thing. (This is related to
the two-universes distinction in Common Logic semantics, by the way.) Which
sense do you mean here? (05)
> "entity", "characteristic" and "proposition" are three different
> kinds of real things. Objects in the ordinary sense of the word are
>entities.
> The more acceptable synonym of "real thing" is "existent".
>
> I take mental/epistemology context to mean looking inside your mind. In that
>context, you
> have mental objects which are your view of entity, characteristic,
>proposition. (06)
I am tempted to ask whether our mental thoughts are also part of the real
world. I sure think that mine are :-) (07)
Pat (08)
> It's hard to avoid getting completely confused thinking about physical
> vs. mental things. You have to remember that it is "your responsibility"
> to identify the physical context propositions by observing what happens in
> the real world.
>
> Dick McCullough
> Context Knowledge Systems
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>
> > Subject: Re: metaphysical context
> > From: phayes@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 23:24:53 -0500
> > CC: ontolog-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kr-language@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>rslatimer@xxxxxxx
> > To: rhm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rhmccullough@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > On Apr 9, 2014, at 2:42 PM, Richard H. McCullough <rhmccullough@xxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
> >
> > > This sounded kind of crazy when it first popped into my mind.
> > > But I think I've really got the right words this time.
> > >
> > > Class of all classes is okay, but it's not part of the physical context
> >
> > Absolutely. Classes are not physical entities, of course. I'm not sure what
>you mean by "context" here, though.
> >
> > > which describes the entity-characteristic-proposition world
> > > external to us.
> >
> > So are propositions objects in the physical world? I find that very
>doubtful. And what is a 'characteristic' if not a property or class?
> >
> > > It's part of the epistemology context which
> > > describes how our minds work.
> >
> > Hmm. I would prefer to say that classes are Platonic. I don't see quite how
>a mathematical entity can be said to be psychological.
> >
> > Pat
> >
> >
> > > In that context you can say
> > > things like
> > >
> > > Class subClassOf Resource .
> > > Resource subClassOf Class .
> > > Class is Resource .
> > >
> > > But Class is a mental entity, not a physical entity.
> > > You will notice that Class does not appear anywhere in the
> > > CPS hierarchy of
> > >
> > > http://ContextKnowledgeSystems.org/kb/spo.rdf.html
> > >
> > > Dick McCullough
> > > Context Knowledge Systems
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