From: rjones@colby.edu   
      
   Lee wrote:   
   > Hi, all,   
   >   
   > I'm working on finding attributes for a group of concepts. I   
   > personally believe that it is hard, if not impossible, to find the   
   > attributes for abstract concepts, such as ART. But my friend insists   
   > that every concept should have a set of attributes. What do you think?   
      
   Consider the point of view that an attribute is really just a relation   
   to some other concept.  Then, your friend's statements reduces to "every   
   concept has a set of relations to other concepts".  That seems true for   
   art...to me, anyway.  However, the less well defined a concept is (by   
   definition), the more difficult it will be to explicitly identify those   
   relations.   
      
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