- From: pat hayes <phayes@ai.uwf.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:48:19 -0500
- To: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>
- Cc: www-rdf-logic@w3.org
> > > Individuals yes yes > > > > I'm not sure I understand what Individuals are; cf > > "universe of discourse" above. > >Individuals are, well, individuals. Things like Joe and Mary and a rock. Quine: "To be, is to be the value of a bound variable". Individuals are whatever the (explicit or implicit) quantifiers range over. Exactly WHAT they are in some metaphysical sense is a question that one should studiously not go into. Its like a car salesman asking a customer where she drives: it's none of our business. Pat Hayes --------------------------------------------------------------------- IHMC (850)434 8903 home 40 South Alcaniz St. (850)202 4416 office Pensacola, FL 32501 (850)202 4440 fax phayes@ai.uwf.edu http://www.coginst.uwf.edu/~phayes
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