On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Jonathan Leybovich <jleybov@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Simon Spero <ses@unc.edu> wrote: > > I've run across these same exact issues while working on a project to model > fictional objects, and it's gratifying to see the approaches I've come up > with on an ad hoc basis (e.g. nested inheritance) validated by their use > elsewhere. The only difference is that I use the term "epistemology" rather > than "microtheory", and that I've found this approach necessary even when > dealing with real-world objects. > Micro theories can be related to epistemology (some micro theories are epistemic in nature); others reflect can reflect different ontological or metaphysical approaches. For example, in some situations it may be appropriate to reason about a situation using common-sense physics (naïve physics); in other situations it may be better to use classical or quantum mechanics. There may be no fact-of-the-matter as to which theory is correct (though there may be facts-of-the-matter as to which theories are incorrect. Gavagai stew, if you will.
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