Matthew> I agree with Steve. I've struggled to think of any examples that don't constitute > the physical object acting as a carrier for a conceptual object.
Matthew and Steve, I think you've missed the point: I did not say I have a case with *only* a shortcut "aboutness" property from Physical, where a longcut path through Conceptual could not exist. I said that often it's useful to use a shortcut, without having to create a longcut. Can you give any example of a physical object having P62_depicts that would preclude the existence of a conceptual object (E36 Visual Item) having P138_represents towards the same target? If you cannot, what is your justification for having P62_depicts, but not having the properties denoted "???" in my original email?
