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From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2011 11:49:21 -0500
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On 2/6/2011 3:57 AM, Matthew West wrote:
> Well I’m not going to say it is a hard and fast rule, but establishing
> identity is pretty much the first thing I would attempt to do when
> analysing any situation. Mostly because it is (in my experience) the
> most efficient way to proceed.    (01)

I agree with that point.  The temporal implications are a practical
recommendation, not a theoretical requirement.    (02)

In practice, many, if not most, ontologies begin with a terminology.
The clarification of the identity conditions might not begin until
the informal definitions are analyzed and refined to precise
specifications.    (03)

John    (04)

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