# KEHOME/knowledge/theory/Epistemology/MyContext.txt # Nov/26/2002 #============# # My Context # #============# Suppose I make the statement I saw Bob Hope in person at the Presidio. What is the context of my statement? Quite literally, it is everything I know. at space=here, time=now, view=Dick McCullough knows { I saw Bob Hope in person at the Presidio } How can you understand what I said? Because your context is everything you know, and our contexts have a lot in common. at space=there, time=now, view=you know { Dick McCullough saw Bob Hope in person at the Presidio } Note: For this example, I'm leaving out the extra layer of context at view=Dick McCullough says { ... } From the viewpoint of knowledge representation, capturing everything I know is a difficult problem. What can we do to simplify that problem? I see two promising approaches. 1. We can use genus-differentia definitions to condense the knowledge. at view=Dick McCullough definitions { ... } 2. We can select only those definitions that are relevant to the words in my statement. at view=relevant Dick McCullough definitions { ... } In theory, these are common-sense, reasonable approaches; in practice, they need to be tested. ============ Dick McCullough knowledge := man do identify od existent done knowledge haspart list of propositionReceived on Wednesday, 27 November 2002 01:12:05 UTC
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