Dear Martin, dear all, I just presented a paper at the SWODCH workshop in Tours about this question. I use simple examples from archaeological stratigraphy reasoning. Examples could be reused if needed. Anaïs Guillem, Muriel van Ruymbeke, Øyvind Eide, Livio De Luca. Spatio-Temporal Reasoning on Stratigraphic Data in Archaeology: Formalization of the Harris Laws as Inferences Using CIDOC CRM. *SWODCH’24: 4th International Workshop on Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage, October 30–31, 2024. Tours, France*, Oct 2024, Tours (FR), France. ⟨hal-04765148⟩ <https://hal.science/hal-04765148v1> All my best, Anaïs
On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 8:53 PM Martin Doerr via Crm-sig < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > ....and for I5 Inference Making.J3 applied: I3 Inference Logic: > > The gender classification of the skeleton on the left bench in La Tomba > dell'Aryballos sospeso provided to the press by Prof. Alessandro > Mandolesi on the 21th of September 2013 *applied* (E17, I5) The statement > ”People buried with arms or weapons are mostly male” (Squires 2013) > I'd like to stress that this example is by no means meant to criticize in > any way the scientific quality of the much esteemed team of Prof. > Mandolesi. Also, such an initial classification must not be interpreted as > an example of alleged "*subjectivity*" or "bias" of archaeological > research. > > As the philosopher James Ladyman, scientific realism, defends, all > empirical research is an "Inference to the Best Explanation", which has the > potential for gradually approximating reality better and better. > Statistically, the statement ”People buried with arms or weapons are mostly > male” is objective. Equally objective are the criteria of osteological > analysis, with their own, smaller error margins, and DNA even better. Such > progression to more and more reliable evidence is valid and everyday > scientific practice. Not always is the best evidence available or > affordable. > > The problem occurs, when the premises and "inference logic" of a > conclusion are not made clear and are not documented, when statements in > the press taken for absolute, or on the other side, when knowledge revision > and the probabilities of errors in the "Best Explanation" are taken for > ignorance of the scientists, and finally are exploited in unscientific > counter theories using much weaker forms of evidence. > > I am very glad and thankful to Prof. Mandolesi's team that we have found > this simple public example of knowledge revision. Unfortunately, the > everyday practice of such knowledge revision is mostly carefully hidden in > the Labs, pretending to the outside at any time to produce only "true" > results. On the other side, the big knowledge revisions of our time are too > complex to be used as a simple example in this model. > > Comments welcome > > All the best, > > Martin > > On 11/16/2024 8:33 PM, Martin Doerr via Crm-sig wrote: > > Dear All, > > Here two related example for I3 Inference Logic in CRMinf: > > The statement ”People buried with arms or weapons are mostly male” > > [as, e.g., used by Prof. Alessandro Mandolesi for a first estimation of > the gender of the skeleton on the left bench in La Tomba dell'Aryballos > sospeso as provided to the press on the 21th of September 2013 (I2) > (Squires 2013)] > > Using the expression of the Protuberantia occipitalis externa of a > skull for gender estimation. > > [“The external occipital protuberance provides an origin site for the > descending part of trapezius muscle and an attachment site for the nuchal > ligament. It is more pronounced in males than females.” ( > https://www.elsevier.com/resources/anatomy/skeletal-system/axial-skeleton/external-occipital-protuberance/23877) > ] > The latter probably being one of the criteria Prof. Alessandro Mandolesi's > team applied in the osteological analysis, that lead soon after to the > revision and academically published statement about the gender of the said > skeleton, being female. > > Best, > > Martin > > -- > ------------------------------------ > Dr. Martin Doerr > > Honorary Head of the > Center for Cultural Informatics > > Information Systems Laboratory > Institute of Computer Science > Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) > > N.Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, > GR70013 Heraklion,Crete,Greece > > Email: [email protected] > Web-site: http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl > > > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing > [email protected]http://cidoc-crm.org/crm-sig-mailing-list > > > > -- > ------------------------------------ > Dr. Martin Doerr > > Honorary Head of the > Center for Cultural Informatics > > Information Systems Laboratory > Institute of Computer Science > Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) > > N.Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, > GR70013 Heraklion,Crete,Greece > > Email: [email protected] > Web-site: http://www.ics.forth.gr/isl > > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://cidoc-crm.org/crm-sig-mailing-list > -- Anaïs Guillem +33 630005089 CNRS UPR2002 MAP GT Écosystème Numérique, Chantier scientifique Notre-Dame de Paris --- Projects: ERC n-Dame_Heritage project, (Grant agreement ID: 101055423) funded by ERC-2021-ADG TEATIME funded by the Mission pour les Initiatives Transverses et Interdisciplinaires (MITI), CNRS E-RIHS, Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine (ANR-17-EURE-0021) REPERAGE, Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine (ANR-17-EURE-0021) ---
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