http://www.ditext.com/russell/rus9.html (01)
In that passage, Russell is arguing for multiple classes of universals.
So, if a computational ontology were to represent universals as
predicates, an application of Russell's observations would entail that not
all universals are monadic (applying to a single entity) nor are they all
relational (applying to several entities). (02)
With a slightly less creative use of brackets as the one below, we could
quote Russell as saying that there are only non-relational universals... (03)
"every proposition can be regarded as attributing a property to a single
thing" (04)
Best,
John (05)
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Azamat wrote: (06)
> Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 23:42:24 +0300
> From: Azamat <abdoul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: ONTAC-WG General Discussion <ontac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Chris Menzel <cmenzel@xxxxxxxx>,
> ONTAC-WG General Discussion <ontac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [ontac-forum] Re: owl:Class and owl:Thing
>
> Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy, in Great Books of the Western
> Worl, V.55
>
> ''Speaking generally, adjectives and common nouns express qualities or
> properties of single things, whereas prepositions and verbs tend to express
> relations between two or more things. Thus the neglect of prepositions and
> verbs led to belief that [every proposition] can be regarded as attributing
> a property to a single thing, rather than [expressing a relation between two
> or more things]''. ''...we can prove that there must be relations, i.e., the
> sort of universals generally represented by verbs and prepositions''. ''it
> seems plain that the relation subsists independently of our knowledge of
> it''. p.272
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Menzel" <cmenzel@xxxxxxxx>
> To: "ONTAC-WG General Discussion" <ontac-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Hans Teijgeler" <hans.teijgeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 9:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [ontac-forum] Re: owl:Class and owl:Thing
>
>
> > On Mon, Apr 03, 2006 at 06:37:45PM +0300, Azamat wrote:
> >> ''What exactly did you have in mind when you referred to "n-relational
> >> ontology of things"? <HT/>
> >>
> >> Hans:
> >>
> >> Relations should be analyzed not only with respect to the number of terms
> >> they connect and formal properties as cardinality, symmetry,
> >> transitivity,
> >> reflexivity. This is all the subject of a formal relational logic. As old
> >> as Russell statement that 'every proposition should be regarded as
> >> expressing a relation between two and more things', like in the from R(x,
> >> y, z,...).
> >
> > It's hard to believe Russell ever said any such thing, as he (with
> > Whitehead) wrote Principia Mathematica, the language of which includes
> > not only atomic (relational) statements but boolean and quantified
> > statements as well.
> >
> > Chris Menzel
> >
> >
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