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John F. Sowa | 23 Sep 2011 04:48

[] Foundations for Ontology

I combined the slides for several recent talks into a single set
of slides that cover a number of related issues about ontology,
semantics, psycholinguistics, neuroscience, Wittgenstein, and
natural language processing:

    http://www.jfsowa.com/talks/ontofound.pdf

The title is "Foundations for Ontology" because that's the title
of the most recent talk to which the other slides were added.

Following is the outline.  Comments, complaints, questions,
and discussion would be welcome.

John
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Foundations for Ontology

1. Problems and challenges
2. Psycholinguistics and neuroscience
3. Semantics of natural languages
4. Wittgenstein’s early and later philosophy
5. Lattice of Theories
6. Processing unrestricted natural language texts
7. Meeting the challenges

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GS Chandy | 27 Sep 2011 08:32
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I have for quite a few years been keenly interested in your views and articulations of 'Conceptual Graphics' - and find there is much there that is of great utility,  in particular (most recently), your masterful "Foundations for Ontology", which I hope to put to use directly in several ways.

I wonder why (and how) you had not tied up (so far as I know) with the seminal contributions of the late John N. Warfield to 'systems science' - whose system insights led to specific and very usable developments in what I may refer to as 'the graphical view of systems' via his 'Consensus Methodologies', 'Interactive Management', etc: I have found, after Warfield, that a minor extension to our conventional prose, which I call 'prose + structural graphics' has great potential to enable us effectively understand the systems within which we live and work (and to put that understanding to practical use in every conceivable circumstance).  It strikes me that the lack of communication between Warfield's 'view of systems' and Sowa's 'conceptual graphics' has been impoverishing for both sides.  More information about Warfield's work is available at http://www.jnwarfield.com and from the 'John N. Warfield Collection' held at the library of George Mason University (http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/gmu/vifgm00008.tp).  (At some point, I had put to Warfield himself my question on why the divide between Warfield's work in systems and Sowa's 'conceptual graphics' - and got no response from him). 

With a view to possibly get some kind of dialogue going between the 'John Sowa approach' ('Conceptual Graphics and developments therefrom) and the 'John N. Warfield approach' ('structural view of systems'), possibly to benefit both sides, I am taking the liberty to attach herewith information about the 'One Page Management System' (OPMS) - an aid to problem solving and decision making founded on Warfield's view of systems.  I shall be happy to make more information about OPMS available on request, as well as enable those interested to download my OPMS prototype software, which enable users to identify any Mission of interest and to develop, from their own currently available ideas about it, an effective Action Plan to accomplish the Mission.  I claim the OPMS Action Plan is bound to become highly effective because OPMS uses, over iterations, the inherent capability of the human to correct (most of) its errors of perception/understanding, based on inputs received from the world outside.

Please feel free to seek any clarifications or any further information required.

I look forward to hearing from anyone interested.

Yours truly
GS Chandy

 
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From: John F. Sowa <sowa-pmV1UhJe4grR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: [CG:] Foundations for Ontology

I combined the slides for several recent talks into a single set
of slides that cover a number of related issues about ontology,
semantics, psycholinguistics, neuroscience, Wittgenstein, and
natural language processing:

  http://www.jfsowa.com/talks/ontofound.pdf

The title is "Foundations for Ontology" because that's the title
of the most recent talk to which the other slides were added.

Following is the outline.  Comments, complaints, questions,
and discussion would be welcome.

John
________________________________________________________________

Foundations for Ontology

1. Problems and challenges
2. Psycholinguistics and neuroscience
3. Semantics of natural languages
4. Wittgenstein’s early and later philosophy
5. Lattice of Theories
6. Processing unrestricted natural language texts
7. Meeting the challenges

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John F. Sowa | 27 Sep 2011 17:02

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On 9/27/2011 2:32 AM, GS Chandy wrote:
> I am taking the liberty to attach herewith information about the 'One
> Page Management System' (OPMS) - an aid to problem solving and decision
> making founded on Warfield's view of systems.  I shall be happy to make
> more information about OPMS available on request

Thank you for the information.

As you know, there is an open-ended number of applications for logic
and for graphical notations for logic.

It's not possible for any single individual to explore every possible
application, but the people who subscribe to CG list are working on
a wide range of applications.  Perhaps some of them could take
advantage of the work that has been done in Warfield's paradigm.

The URL you cited pointed to a collection of Warfield's writings.
Is there a web site for a community or group that is working
on applications and extensions of that work?

John

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GS Chandy | 28 Sep 2011 07:19
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Re: [] Foundations for Ontology

Hi, John:

Thanks for your kind response.  I shall look forward to learning of any interest in Warfield's work and/or OPMS from subscribers to  'CG', specifically with regard to enhancing either or both approaches.  

Warfield had started a community mailing list for 'Interactive Management' (I believe this was through the 'John Warfield Collection' whose URL I had provided in my earlier message) - but he passed away late in 2009 before that really gathered any momentum.  I shall be trying to get a community effort going in due course when I get an OPMS website working - but this will be a while yet: let me try and get hold of Warfield's community mailing list which I shall forward to CG if I may.   

Meanwhile, I shall be most happy to provide as much information as possible about Warfield's work in general and about OPMS in particular to anyone who writes in.  For interest, I am attaching herewith more documents about OPMS and Warfield's work - a couple of Word documents and a PowerPoint presentation.

I shall look forward keenly to further interaction with the CG community.

Best wishes,
GSC
 
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From: John F. Sowa <sowa-pmV1UhJe4grR7s880joybQ@public.gmane.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [CG:] Foundations for Ontology

On 9/27/2011 2:32 AM, GS Chandy wrote:
> I am taking the liberty to attach herewith information about the 'One
> Page Management System' (OPMS) - an aid to problem solving and decision
> making founded on Warfield's view of systems.  I shall be happy to make
> more information about OPMS available on request

Thank you for the information.

As you know, there is an open-ended number of applications for logic
and for graphical notations for logic.

It's not possible for any single individual to explore every possible
application, but the people who subscribe to CG list are working on
a wide range of applications.  Perhaps some of them could take
advantage of the work that has been done in Warfield's paradigm.

The URL you cited pointed to a collection of Warfield's writings.
Is there a web site for a community or group that is working
on applications and extensions of that work?

John

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