Hi Martin, I think that adequately covers my concern. I was indeed thinking of phases in the development of *peoples' *ideas (beliefs). Cheers,
Martijn On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 8:40 PM Martin Doerr <mar...@ics.forth.gr> wrote: > Dear Martijn, > > On 2/18/2019 5:10 PM, van Leusen, P.M. wrote: > > Dear Martin, > > Would you want to tie the existence of a phase exclusively to E18 Physical > Things? One can imagine phases in the development of ideas as well.... > > Yes to both. As always, we do not model the term, here "phase", but try to > define a distinct concept we can associate with a clear-cut "behavior". > Physical Things can be thought of as having a simple trajectory through > space-time: Any change makes the previous disappear. Therefore, > substantial evolutionary steps can be represented with a begin and ending > on a time-line.That is a concept I can perceive as a sort of "phase". > Therefore the label. > > The evolution of ideas, as any other immaterial thing, does not make > previous ideas disappear. I will be very happy to discuss what phases of > ideas may be confined to, whose they are, what sense of progress they have, > and how we perceive the social effect of ideas we would associate with > phases. > > Because of the above considerations, I suggest not to connect a discussion > about "phases of ideas" with "phases of Physical Things" (which include > humans!!). I do not suggest that phases of humans are restricted to > material aspects. In my proposed definition, they may be due to mental > developments, as long as they characterize substantially the being. > > All the best, > > Martin > > > Martijn > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 8:54 PM Martin Doerr <mar...@ics.forth.gr> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Here a first attempt to define "phase": >> >> Exxx Phase >> >> Subclass of: E2 Temporal Entity >> >> Superclass of: E3 Condition State >> >> >> >> Scope note: This class comprises phases during the existence and >> evolution of an instance of E18 Physical Thing characterized by an >> appearance, constitution or a behavior distinct from that in other times of >> its existence, or distinct in the evolution of things of comparable kind, >> such as the nestling, fledgling, juvenile and adult forms of birds, but >> some kinds of phases may also be consequence of incidental changes such as >> accidents. >> >> >> Best, >> >> Martin >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------ >> Dr. Martin Doerr >> >> Honorary Head of the >> Center for Cultural Informatics >> >> Information Systems Laboratory >> Institute of Computer Science >> Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) >> >> N.Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, >> GR70013 Heraklion,Crete,Greece >> >> Vox:+30(2810)391625 >> Email: mar...@ics.forth.gr >> Web-site: http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Crm-sig mailing list >> Crm-sig@ics.forth.gr >> http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig >> > > > -- > Dr. Martijn van Leusen > Associate professor, Landscape Archaeology, Groningen Institute of > Archaeology > Poststraat 6, 9712ER Groningen (Netherlands) / phone +31 50 3636717 > Chair, Examination Board for Arts, Culture and Archaeology / Chair, > Faculty of Arts Advisory Board for Data Management policies > Academia page <https://rug.academia.edu/MartijnvanLeusen> > > > -- > ------------------------------------ > Dr. Martin Doerr > > Honorary Head of the > Center for Cultural Informatics > > Information Systems Laboratory > Institute of Computer Science > Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) > > N.Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, > GR70013 Heraklion,Crete,Greece > > Vox:+30(2810)391625 > Email: mar...@ics.forth.gr > Web-site: http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl > > -- Dr. Martijn van Leusen Associate professor, Landscape Archaeology, Groningen Institute of Archaeology Poststraat 6, 9712ER Groningen (Netherlands) / phone +31 50 3636717 Chair, Examination Board for Arts, Culture and Archaeology / Chair, Faculty of Arts Advisory Board for Data Management policies Academia page <https://rug.academia.edu/MartijnvanLeusen>
