Theory and Applications of Ontology: Philosophical Perspectives

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Poli, Roberto (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Seibt, Johanna (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Ontology.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).

Ontology was once understood to be the philosophical inquiry into the structure of reality: the analysis and categorization of ‘what there is’. Recently, however, a field called ‘ontology’ has become part of the rapidly growing research industry in information technology. The two fields have more in...

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• Ontology: The Categorial Stance
• Particulars
• The Ontology of Mereological Systems: A Logical Approach
• Causation
• Actualism Versus Possibilism in Formal Ontology
• Dispositions and Response-Dependence Theories
• Properties
• Boundary Questions Between Ontology and Biology
• The Ontology of Perception
• Interactive Knowing: The Metaphysics of Intentionality
• The Role of Logic and Ontology in Language and Reasoning
• Ontologies in the Legal Domain
• Ontology in Economics
• Ontology and Phenomenology
• Phenomenology and Ontology in Nicolai Hartmann and Roman Ingarden
• Ontology and Methodology in Analytic Philosophy
• Hermeneutic Ontology.