set echo = off; Tabula Rasa Hierarchy # KEHOME/kb/tabrasa.html # Mar/15/2003 #===========# # knowledge # #===========# begin hierarchy knowledgehi; OBJECT; / knowledge; // knit; / measurement; / symbol; # concrete // separator; // word; sentence; / statement; // definition; / question; / command; / assignment; end hierarchy knowledgehi; # aliases #========# man is person; phenomenon is interaction; relationship is relation; # instances of characteristics #-----------------------------# ##### infon isu relation; ##### value isu attribute; ##### event isu action; # units of groups #----------------# ##### unit isu primitive; ##### species iss genus; ##### alternative isalt exgroup; ##### member ismem ingroup; # causality #==========# causality relation is proposition with format={event:1 causes event:2;}; interaction haspart event Set, causality relation Set; # knowledge #==========# knowledge := man do identify od existent done; measurement := man do measure od characteristic done; knit iss knowledge with view; knit haspart entity-characteristic-proposition hierarchy, # proposition list chit; chit haspart event Set; proposition has context, sentence; sentence means relation; word means concept; concept means existent; # axiomatic concepts #===================# ##### existence, identity, identification iss collective concept; ##### existence is all entity; ##### identity is all characteristic; ##### identification is all proposition; ##### man do perceive od existent done; # man has consciousness set echo = on;