- From: Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 16:48:35 -0400
- To: public-sw-meaning@w3.org
Le mardi, 23 sep 2003, à 01:15 America/Montreal, Bijan Parsia a écrit : >> If I say that marriage means a social union between two consenting >> adults, and Joe says that marriage is a pact between a man and a >> woman made before God, do Joe and I disagree about a question of fact >> or about the meaning of the word "marriage"? I think the latter is >> the only option that makes sense. > > Well, even if so, that's not the end of the story. Joe says that > joe:marriage rdfs:comment "a pact between a man and a woman made > before God" and I point out that, in fact, in his canonical ontology, > he wrote, "joe:marriage rdfs:comment "a unity between a man and a > woman made by God", what are we disagreeing about? In the first case I guess you say that two persons (who I guess believe in one god) choose to make pact in front of their chosen god. ====> Intention of persons In the second case I guess you say that two persons (who I guess believe in one god, but it's not even sure) have been united by a god. ====> Intention of a divinity. I tried to understand the examples, if they are both not making sense for me because I don't believe in any kind of god or religion, but I tried to interpret assuming what could be said by someone who believes. :))) -- Karl Dubost - http://www.w3.org/People/karl/ W3C Conformance Manager *** Be Strict To Be Cool ***
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