Re: Sloppy inference rules

On Nov 19, 2012, at 10:20 AM, Jan Wielemaker wrote:

> On 11/19/2012 07:13 PM, Pat Hayes wrote:
>> How about literals in subject position in a triple?
> 
> I think it is the same story.  Invites for
> 
> 	"Paris" something:catipalOf "France"
> 
> While we all know there are other ways to interpret
> "Paris".  I think we are doing right to allow for
> literals only in the object position.

This argument is often made. 

Purely for my own understanding (as I find this argument so obviously vacuous that I have trouble understanding how anyone can make it), why is this a potential problem but 

"France" something:hasCapital "Paris" 

is not? 

Pat


> 
> 	Cheers --- Jan
> 
> 

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