&gt; On 16.05.2001 15:56 Uhr, "David Whitten" &lt;whitten@lynx.eaze.net&gt; wrote:
&gt; &gt; I'm not sure which side my deepest convictions lie.
&gt; &gt; I think an ontology is not the same as a world view.
&gt; &gt; a world view is deeply rooted in a language and cultural context.
&gt; &gt; an ontology is a set of propositions.
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; a proposition may have language and cultural context embedded in it.
&gt; &gt; Consider a proposition stated by someone from a fatalistic, deterministic
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