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Chronological reasoning in archaeology

Systems for chronological reasoning in archaeology typically concentrate on statistical approaches to date archeological strata. These approaches normally regard the studied phenomena as simple, well- defined and associated with precise points in time. The Perseus Digital Library (Smith 2002) uses spatiotemporal maps and in dexes to search for documents about events.

Saved 26 February 2013

#point #phenomenon #approach #system #maps

Topics and occurrences as two layers

An important point to note here is the separation into two layers of the topics and their occurrences. This separation is one of the clues to the power of…

The Tao Of Topic Maps #point #power #maps #number

Love as biological stickiness

Maturana used to use the phrase 'biological stickiness' to describe how any two systems, upon encountering one another, stayed or 'stuck' together. They fit…

Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana #phenomenon #system

A vocabulary is a set of URIrefs

Since RDF uses URIrefs instead of words to name things in statements, RDF refers to a set of URIrefs (particularly a set intended for a specific purpose) as a…

Rdf Primer #control #statements #terms #approach #words

Statis vs dynamic ontology

One broad response to these challenges [of knowledge modeling], emphasized by the “formal ontologists,” is to attempt to produce a “once and for all”…

From Encyclopedia To Ontology: Toward Dynamic Representation Of The Discipline Of Philosophy #reality #ontology #approach

Being in love as co-ontogeny

Being in love means making a space for one another so that each becomes part of the domain of existence of the other, and within their continuous recurrency…

Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana #love #language #Maturana #phenomenon

Distinction

Any operation that we may enact which results in the separation of an entity from a background, i.e. which simultaneously distinguishes a unity in its domain…

Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana #existence #operation #phenomenon #unity