Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: [ontolog-forum] Identity vs, Spa-Tem Location

2019-03-30 Thread Edwina Taborsky
BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }John, list That's exactly my point - as you say: "Any ontology that is not designed for some purpose or intention has no purpose" My view is that those who focus on this examination to the exclusion o

Re: [PEIRCE-L] Re: [ontolog-forum] Identity vs, Spa-Tem Location

2019-03-30 Thread Jerry Rhee
John, list, You said: ‘Any ontology that is not designed for some purpose or intention has no purpose.’ I must then ask: Why do you say, ‘The conclusion that a Seme could be a subject is not just false, it is horribly false. It contradicts and undermines Peirce's entire system of semeio

[PEIRCE-L] Re: [ontolog-forum] Identity vs, Spa-Tem Location

2019-03-30 Thread John F Sowa
Pat C, Matthew, Phil M, and Jon A, Basic issue: How do we determine whether two things that we experience on different occasions (or that we describe in different ways) are "the same"? For example, suppose we describe something as a vase, and somebody else describes it as a lump of clay. Are t