John wrote: "But when ontologists start to axiomatize those terms in some
arcane notation based on some arcane distinctions about
endurants, perdurants, continuants, etc., all bets are off." (01)
Indeed. At a certain stage of development, any viable science has a healthy
precondition of covering the same domain with the well-defined notions and
clear vocabularies.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Jack and Mike,
>
> I agree with that point, but I'd like to add some qualifications:
>
> JR
>> The primary purpose of a semantic model is to facilitate knowledge
>> exchange and choice making in a gaggle of humans in hopes of
>> morphing the gaggle into a system. A key usage is to inform the
>> development of an executable ontology, e.g., application software,
>> for automation of information flow and decision. Another key purpose
>> is to provide a basis for objective assessment of enterprise
>> situation (aka evidence-based management).
>
> MU
>> Yes, this is the kind of thing I'm after.
>
> The primary qualification is that the "gaggle of humans" can only
> agree on what they understand. The people who work in a field
> can all agree that a list of familiar words, as documented in
> their familiar texts, cover their familiar subject matter.
>
> But when ontologists start to axiomatize those terms in some
> arcane notation based on some arcane distinctions about
> endurants, perdurants, continuants, etc., all bets are off.
>
> John
>
>
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