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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