- From: Rinke Hoekstra <rinke@lri.jur.uva.nl>
- Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:34:13 +0100
- To: "'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. Regards, Rinke ------------------------------------ Rinke Hoekstra rinke@lri.jur.uva.nl Department of Computer Science & Law University of Amsterdam, PO Box 1030 1000 BA Amsterdam, the Netherlands ------------------------------------ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 6-12-2002
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