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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
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