ontac-dev
[Top] [All Lists]

RE: [ontac-dev] ISO15926 and sets and types

To: ONTAC Taxonomy-Ontology Development Discussion <ontac-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: "Smith, Barry" <phismith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:50:15 -0500
Message-id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060201144702.048ed2b0@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>
>MW: So anything that has instances is a type, and some types are sets,
>some are natural kinds, some are defined by intension etc etc. Sounds
>just right.    (01)

What Pat suggests is that 'type' should be defined in such a way that 
some, if they are so whimmed, can believe that some types are sets, etc.    (02)

What MW here proposes would make the extension of 'type' into a 
specious pudding.
BS     (03)



_________________________________________________________________
Message Archives: http://colab.cim3.net/forum/ontac-dev/
To Post: mailto:ontac-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subscribe/Unsubscribe/Config: http://colab.cim3.net/mailman/listinfo/ontac-dev/
Shared Files: http://colab.cim3.net/file/work/SICoP/ontac/
Community Wiki: 
http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?SICoP/OntologyTaxonomyCoordinatingWG    (04)
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • RE: [ontac-dev] ISO15926 and sets and types, Smith, Barry <=