Re: The word "symbol"

From: VC <boston103_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:10:34 -0400
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"x" <x_at_not-exists.org> wrote in message news:ddumtk$fop$1_at_domitilla.aioe.org...
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> "VC" <boston103_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:z_mdnRTRKvk9IZzeRVn-iQ_at_comcast.com...
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>> "x" <x_at_not-exists.org> wrote in message
>> news:dds7i5$e1g$1_at_domitilla.aioe.org...
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>> > "vc" <boston103_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:1124114572.711200.256120_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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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
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>> >> 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 ?
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>> A FOL language is context-independent.
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> A tuple in a relation of a relational database can be a symbol for a
> relation between some things.
> Would you say a tuple is a name ?

Tuple ain't no symbol. If 'by relation between some things' you mean a reald world entity, then tuple is model of the entity.

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