Re: The word "symbol"

"x" <x_at_not-exists.org> wrote in message news:dds7i5$e1g$1_at_domitilla.aioe.org...
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> "vc" <boston103_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> No, the names are, in fact, different. The ambiguity issue is
>> resolved by applying the default context which is the decimal base.
>> Should one want to use multiple bases in a formal discourse, one would
>> be prudent to employ unambigous notation: "10(Decimal)", "A(Hex)".
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>> In the natural language, the name "John" is actually context."John".
>> If the context itself is ambiguous, one can easily resolve the problem
>> by making the context more specific: giving person's last name, John's
>> location at the table, etc.
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> What is a "context" in first order language ?

A FOL language is context-independent.
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Received on Tue Aug 16 2005 - 12:15:00 CEST