Re: MISC: Internet Media Type registration: proposed TAG finding

[Dan Connolly]

>to which I replied, 23 May 2002 22:08:16 -0500:

DC> it's monotonic, in that the more you understand, the fewer
DC> interpretations are models. You can't rule out models by
DC> failing to understand something.

> The example above is not a counterexample of this claim
> that partial understanding is monotonic.
>

According to Sowa in his book published in 2000 (p. 376-377), if additional
knowledge "blocks" previously permissible conclusions, that's
__non-monotonic__.  Help me to understand this apparent discrepancy, please,
because it appears directly opposite to the DC> quote above.  I realize that
"interpretation" is not the same as "permissible conclusion", but I don't
see how these two statements about nonmonotonicity are compatible.

Cheers,

Tom P

Received on Thursday, 30 May 2002 22:26:08 UTC