- From: Alexander Jerusalem <ajeru@vknn.org>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 18:30:24 +0000
- To: "'RDF-Interest'" <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
At 16:34 12.12.2002 +0100, Rinke Hoekstra wrote: >| > Kant and some particle physicists claim that >| > consciousness creates reality -- i.e., that >| > their mathematical models ARE reality, and >| > that experimental measurements are only >| > approximations of that reality. I say that >| > experimental measurements ARE reality, and >| > mathematical models are only approximations >| > of that reality. >| >| I prefer the idea of giving Kant, particle physicists, yourself and Ayn >| Rand >| the tools they need to express their differing opinions about reality and >| then let them battle it out rather than creating a tool out of a single >| view >| of reality. >| > >Good remark. >The thing is, KR has an internalized (implicit) ontology/epistemology, >whereas RDF(S) has a minimalist approach: it allows you to make your own >ontological commitments. I think it wouldn't be such a big effort to >define some constructs in RDF to reflect "standard" constructs of KR. Wouldn't that be exactly the role of layers above RDF. Like DAML?
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