Resolving known Differences

• Two well-known ontologies define:

  • Physical object is-a amount of matter (WordNet)
  • Amount of matter is a Physical Object (Pangloss)

• Which one is correct?

• Analyze each

  • Physical-object:
  • Amount of matter:

• Result

  • According to the most common understanding, both ontologies are wrong, each concept is at the top-level

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