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Re: [uom-ontology-std] A measure (or magnitude) is not a quantity

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From: "Matthew West" <dr.matthew.west@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:27:49 +0100
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Dear Pat and John,    (01)

> My point was that to say 'we are doing philosophy here' is rarely
> true, if by 'philosophy' one is actually referring to the
> professional
> discipline that goes by this name. If one simply means 'we are
> speaking carefully' or some such, well then sure.    (02)

I sometimes talk about doing applied philosophy, but my tongue is at
least half way into my cheek when I say so.    (03)

Regards    (04)

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