Similar words, categories, and ontologies
An interesting post on grammar in Agoraphilia raises some interesting questions about categories and ontologies. Perhaps it's just because we've been thinking a lot about ontologies at Intel Research lately, with a view to classifying everyday objects that people use in their daily activities. In his post, he also references Eleanor Rosch, a pioneering cognitive scientist who has thought a lot about categories. All of which reminds me that beyond the practical questions of using ontologies in applications, there are all these interesting issues to philosophize about.