RE: ONT Re: Topic :> Dynamics Of Ontologies

Dear Jon,

If you take a look at the revamped web site you will see
that I have set up a members area.

I think that the kind of material in this note
would be well suited to being published in this form. I
know that I often don't have time to read all of your
stuff when it comes up, and often only note the subject
matter, but when I want to come back to it, fail to
find it in the archive.

Let me know if you want to try this format. I don't know
what sort of tools you have available to you, but in
principle you need no more than a text editor.


Matthew West
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Awbrey [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: 29 December 2003 14:12
> To: Inquiry; Ontology; SemioCom
> Subject: ONT Re: Topic :> Dynamics Of Ontologies
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> Topic :> Dynamics Of Ontologies 15
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> Example 1.  Prognostic Signs And Symptoms (cont.)
> 
> We find that exhibiting the architecture of inquiry
> in this archeological case will require a small bit
> of reconstructive work.  Let's give Hippocrates the
> benefit of the doubt that his Aphorisms are genuine
> empirical rules, reflecting a measure of experience
> with the pertinent phenomena, no matter if gathered
> purely casually or gone over with a fine tooth comb.
> 
> By way of attempting a retrospective reconstruction, then,
> what sort of data might have led us formulate such a rule?
> Table 4 gives one possible configuration of the data that
> might have led anyone with reason to aphorize such a rule.
> 
> Table 4.  Descriptive Data (Node 1)
> o-----------------------------------------------------------o
> |                                                           |
> | Patient Data                                              |
> |                                                           |
> o--------------o--------------o--------------o--------------o
> | Patient      | Condition    | Affect       | Outcome      |
> o--------------o--------------o--------------o--------------o
> |              |              |              |              |
> | 1            | delirium     | laughter     | good         |
> |              |              |              |              |
> | 2            | delirium     | laughter     | poor         |
> |              |              |              |              |
> | 3            | delirium     | seriousness  | good         |
> |              |              |              |              |
> | 4            | delirium     | seriousness  | poor         |
> |              |              |              |              |
> | ...          | ...          | ...          | ...          |
> |              |              |              |              |
> o--------------o--------------o--------------o--------------o
> |                                                           |
> | Prevalence Data                                           |
> |                                                           |
> o--------------o--------------o--------------o--------------o
> | Condition    | Affect       | Outcome      | Frequency    |
> o--------------o--------------o--------------o--------------o
> |              |              |              |              |
> | delirium     | laughter     | good         | 120          |
> |              |              |              |              |
> |              |              | poor         |  80          |
> |              |              |              |              |
> |              | seriousness  | good         |  60          |
> |              |              |              |              |
> |              |              | poor         |  90          |
> |              |              |              |              |
> o--------------o--------------o--------------o--------------o
> |              |              |              | 350          |
> o--------------o--------------o--------------o--------------o
> 
> Here we have imagined a population of N = 350 patients,
> all delirious, having the frequency breakdown as shown.
> A rough qualitative summary of this data could well be
> formulated in the empirical rule stated by Hippocrates.
> 
> Jon Awbrey
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