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== '''The Course''' ==


This course consists in an overview of central themes in the history of philosophy viewed from an ontological perspective. We begin with a historical overview of analytic metaphysics and a discussion of general categories such as universals, particulars, processes, dispositions and functions. We then extend these general categories to specific areas such as social reality, documents and document acts, disease, money, and war. The course will be of interest not only to philosophers but also to those interested in ontological applications.  
Special Topics: Introduction to Philosophy from an Ontological Perspective (PHI 598). Fall 2024


Department of Philosophy: Special Topics PHI 598. Registration number:
Registration number:


'''Time''': Asynchronous on-line, Fall 2024
Instructor: [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]


'''Room''': N/A
'''Office hours''': By appointment via email to [mailto:phismith@buffalo.edu]


'''Instructor''': [http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith Barry Smith]
1 credit-hour asynchronous online course for masters-level students and advanced undergraduates. No backgroud in philosophy or ontology is presupposed.


'''Office hours''': By appointment via email to [mailto:phismith@buffalo.edu]
'''The Course'''
 
This course provides an introduction to central themes in the history of philosophy viewed from an ontological perspective. The course is designed to be of interest to both philosophers and those with a background in computer and information science. Topics treated will include:  
 
1. a brief history of ontology from Aristotle to the Human Genome Project.
 
2. the ontology of social reality
 
3. ontology leaving the mother ship of philosophy
 
4. why computer science needs philosophy
 
5. the Semantic Web
 
6. towards a standard top-level ontology
 
7. ontology and the Federal Government Data Integration Initiative (anno 2009)
 
8. the meaning of life


== '''Recommended background reading''' ==
== '''Recommended background reading''' ==

Latest revision as of 14:26, 16 March 2024

Special Topics: Introduction to Philosophy from an Ontological Perspective (PHI 598). Fall 2024

Registration number:

Instructor: Barry Smith

Office hours: By appointment via email to [1]

1 credit-hour asynchronous online course for masters-level students and advanced undergraduates. No backgroud in philosophy or ontology is presupposed.

The Course

This course provides an introduction to central themes in the history of philosophy viewed from an ontological perspective. The course is designed to be of interest to both philosophers and those with a background in computer and information science. Topics treated will include:

1. a brief history of ontology from Aristotle to the Human Genome Project.

2. the ontology of social reality

3. ontology leaving the mother ship of philosophy

4. why computer science needs philosophy

5. the Semantic Web

6. towards a standard top-level ontology

7. ontology and the Federal Government Data Integration Initiative (anno 2009)

8. the meaning of life

Recommended background reading

R. Arp, B. Smith, A. D. Spear, Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology
John R. Searle, Making the Social World
E. J. Lowe, The Four Category Ontology
Roman Ingarden, The Literary Work of Art. An Investigation on the Borderlines of Ontology, Logic, and Theory of Language
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