The purpose of this paper is twofold: (i) we argue that the structure of
commonsense knowledge must be discovered, rather than invented; and (ii) we
argue that natural language, which is the best known theory of our (shared)
commonsense knowledge, should itself be used as a guide to discovering the
structure of commonsense knowledge. In addition to suggesting a systematic
method to the discovery of the structure of commonsense knowledge, the method
we propose seems to also provide an explanation for a number of phenomena in
natural language, such as metaphor, intensionality, and the semantics of
nominal compounds. Admittedly, our ultimate goal is quite ambitious, and it is
no less than the systematic 'discovery' of a well-typed ontology of commonsense
knowledge, and the subsequent formulation of the long-awaited goal of a meaning
algebra.
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%A Saba, Walid S.
%D 2006
%K commonsense knowledge of structure
%T Language, logic and ontology: uncovering the structure of commonsense knowledge
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0610067
%X The purpose of this paper is twofold: (i) we argue that the structure of
commonsense knowledge must be discovered, rather than invented; and (ii) we
argue that natural language, which is the best known theory of our (shared)
commonsense knowledge, should itself be used as a guide to discovering the
structure of commonsense knowledge. In addition to suggesting a systematic
method to the discovery of the structure of commonsense knowledge, the method
we propose seems to also provide an explanation for a number of phenomena in
natural language, such as metaphor, intensionality, and the semantics of
nominal compounds. Admittedly, our ultimate goal is quite ambitious, and it is
no less than the systematic 'discovery' of a well-typed ontology of commonsense
knowledge, and the subsequent formulation of the long-awaited goal of a meaning
algebra.
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commonsense knowledge must be discovered, rather than invented; and (ii) we
argue that natural language, which is the best known theory of our (shared)
commonsense knowledge, should itself be used as a guide to discovering the
structure of commonsense knowledge. In addition to suggesting a systematic
method to the discovery of the structure of commonsense knowledge, the method
we propose seems to also provide an explanation for a number of phenomena in
natural language, such as metaphor, intensionality, and the semantics of
nominal compounds. Admittedly, our ultimate goal is quite ambitious, and it is
no less than the systematic 'discovery' of a well-typed ontology of commonsense
knowledge, and the subsequent formulation of the long-awaited goal of a meaning
algebra.},
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timestamp = {2007-08-18T13:22:27.000+0200},
title = {Language, logic and ontology: uncovering the structure of commonsense knowledge},
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