I'm adding loads of fun to RDF by reading Searle's _Speech Acts_. In particular, his discussion of predication (Chapter 5, page 97) is interesting---he claims that while a subject can "refer" to a particular, predication does not in the same sense involve "referring" to a universal. I've discussed on this list the need to identify the resource an RDF literal represents using, for example, a URI; RDF does not allow this. I have considered the distinction between resource nodes and literal nodes to be of syntactic convenience only. However, upon reflection it seems that historically literal nodes have been used to represent universals (e.g. "red" or "heavy")---although of late the RDF community seems to be encouraging URI-identified resources for this purpose---and resource nodes have been used to represent particulars. There is a certain empirical parallel, at least. Searle's explanations the analysis more interesting. My question is ancillary: Can someone recommend a reading list that addresses the intersection of the philosophy of language, semiotics, RDF, and the semantic web? Cheers, GarretReceived on Monday, 24 November 2003 20:25:28 UTC
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