- From: Rinke Hoekstra <rinke@lri.jur.uva.nl>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 19:49:57 +0100
- To: "'Alexander Jerusalem'" <ajeru@vknn.org>, "'RDF-Interest'" <www-rdf-interest@w3.org>
| >| > 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? | | Yes, thank you for pointing that out. Please read "some constructs in RDF" as "some constructs on top of RDF". --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.426 / Virus Database: 239 - Release Date: 2-12-2002
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