- From: Seth Russell <seth@robustai.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 08:02:02 -0700
- To: "Aaron Swartz" <me@aaronsw.com>, "Graham Klyne" <Graham.Klyne@Baltimore.com>
- Cc: <www-rdf-logic@w3.org>
From: "Graham Klyne" <Graham.Klyne@Baltimore.com>
> Then, we can say that under this interpretation the RDF graph containing
> the first statement can be seen as representing a truth, and the graph
> containing the second statement as representing a falsity. This is what I
> mean by appearing 'true' or 'false'.
I have trouble with you use of the word "represents" here. It seems as
though you are using it in a manner such that the range of 'represents' is
the set of values {true, false}. But then what word do we use for the
relationship between concepts and their reality ? Please refer to Pierce's
diagram of semiosis [1] .. well at least my version of it. In other
words: 'Snow is white' represents that snow is white, it does not represent
'true'. Please see diagram [2].
[1] http://robustai.net/mentography/semiosis2.jpg
[2] http://robustai.net/mentography/Tarskian2.gif
Seth Russell
Received on Friday, 22 June 2001 11:19:27 UTC