Re: ONT Re: Zeroth Order Ontology

Jon Awbrey wrote:
[...]
> JA: | Let us try to approach the question
>     | of "semantic inter-operability" (SIO)
>     | by way of the following sub-questions:
>     |
>     | 1.  What is the "meaning" of a "finite set of sentences" (FSOS)?
>     |
>     | 2.  What is the "meaning" of a "finite set of tuples" (FSOT)?
>     |
>     | 3.  How shall we compare the "meanings" of these two?
> 
> What we have here is a failure to intercommunicate between
> extensional and intensional datasets/concepts, and that is
> the problem that I would like to approach in the manner of
> newborn babes, simplicity first, step-wise trying to crawl,
> to walk, to run, perchance to fly, in that order, whatever
> else it takes to get the idea across.

*This* is what I've been waiting for. And unfortunately, I'll have
to wait a week until we continue (Jon is out-of-office until Nov.).

Murray

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Murray Altheim                    http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/murray/
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