It seemed obvious to me, however a few weeks ago someone disagreed, and
stated that processes cannot change. If they have different sub processes,
each with a different set of identifiable attributes (contributing to
differences in the process), does this not mean that the process can (and
does) change over it's duration? (01)
Chuck (02)
ontac-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/01/2006 10:23:57 AM: (03)
> At 10:15 AM 2/1/2006, you wrote:
> >If we are in agreement that a process ("Matthew living his life") has an
> >object ("Matthew") that is modified to reach different states through
that
> >process - can not the process itself have different sub-processes (I
> >believe the agreed to answer here is yes), and are those sub-processes
> >distinguishable from each other through the exhibition of different
> >attributes? This question was being discussed about a week or two back,
> >before the group got preoccupied with defining a type.
>
> Yes of course.
> Matthew's childhood is a subprocess of Matthew's life, in which
> Matthew is involved throughout.
> Matthew's childhood has different attributes from Matthew's
> adulthood. For example his childhood began earlier.
> BS
>
>
> >Chuck
> >
> > > >
> > > >MW: If the pictures were of the same object, then they would all
look
> > > >the same, but they do not. This is because they are pictures of
states
> > > >of me at different times in my life. The states are different, and
this
> > > >is why the pictures are different, but the states are all states of
my
> > > >life, which is why they are all pictures of me.
> > >
> > > Aha: "pictures of states of me at different times in my life"
> > > So Matthew HAS a life. And he (Matthew) is experiencing different
> > > states at different times in this life.
> > > Very good.
> > > BS
> >
> >
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