Theory and Applications of Ontology: Philosophical Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Poli, Roberto (Editor), Seibt, Johanna (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: 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...