 a 
&gt; stance on issues like this.
&gt; 
&gt; There really is not much point in having a standard upper ontology 
&gt; which just tells you that you need to talk about everyday physical 
&gt; objects. We know that before we start. The relevant ontological issue 
&gt; is, HOW are you going to do that talking? What ontological concepts 
&gt; are going to be used to refer to the everyday categories of cabbages 
&gt; and kings? It is those concepts - which might be the apparatus of an 
&gt; endurantist approa