Theory and Applications of Ontology: Philosophical Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Poli, Roberto. (Editor), Seibt, Johanna. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Ontology.; Philosophy.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8845-1

Ontology was once understood to be the philosophical inquiry into the structure of reality: the analysis and categorization of <U+0018>what there is<U+0019>. Recently, however, a field called <U+0018>ontology<U+0019> has become part of the rapidly growing research industry in...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. Ontology: The categorial stance; Roberto Poli
• 2. Particulars; Johanna Seibt
• 3. The ontology of mereological systems; Heinrich Herre
• 4. Causation; Asbjr̜n Steglich-Petersen
• 5. Actualism vs. Possibilism in formal ontology; Nino Cocchiarella
• 6. Dispositions and response-dependency theories; Eline Busck Gundersen
• 7. Properties; Frďřic Nef
• 8. Boundary questions between ontology and biology; Pietro Ramellini
• 9. The ontology of perception; Liliana Albertazzi
• 10. Interactive Knowing: The Metaphysics of Intentionality; Mark H. Bickhard
• 11. The role of logic and ontology in language and reasoning; John F. Sowa
• 12. Ontologies in the legal domain; Laurens Mommers
• 13. Ontology in economics; Jason Potts
• 14. Ontology and phenomenology; Angela Ales Bello
• 15. Phenomenology and ontology in Nicolai Hartmann and Roman Ingarden; Nicoletta Ghigi
• 16. A sketch of the history and methodology of ontology in the analytic tradition; John Symons
• 17. Hermeneutic ontology; Daniel O. Dahlstrom.