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== '''The Course''' == | == '''The Course''' == | ||
This course will provide an introduction to ontology at the beginning graduate-student level | This course will provide an introduction to ontology and its applications at the beginning graduate-student level. We will describe the roots of contemporary ontology in classical metaphysics, explain how ontology now plays a role in data science and information fusion, and outline a series of applications of ontology in the biomedical and social sciences. | ||
Department of Philosophy: Special Topics PHI 598. Registration number: | Department of Philosophy: Special Topics PHI 598. Registration number: ##### | ||
'''Time''': Monday, 1-3:50pm, Fall 2018 | '''Time''': Monday, 1-3:50pm, Fall 2018 | ||
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Introduction to the Ontology of Medicine | Introduction to the Ontology of Medicine | ||
== October 1: | == October 1: Mental Health and Disease == | ||
== October 8: Introduction to Referent Tracking== | |||
== October 15: Organisms and Environments == | |||
*Biological Environments | |||
*Human Environments | |||
*The Microbiome | |||
*Environments, Settings and Behavior | |||
:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/napflion.pdf Objects and Their Environments: From Aristotle to Ecological Ontology] | |||
== October | == October 22: The Ontology of Experimentation, Classification and Measurement== | ||
:[http://hl7-watch.blogspot.com/2008/02/weight-of-baby.html The Weight of the Baby] | |||
:[http://hem.passagen.se/ijohansson/function1.pdf Functions, Function Concepts, and Scales] | |||
:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/courses16/Analytic_Metaphysics/9.ppt Slides] | |||
:[http:// | :[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Y5sfnvd5Y Video] | ||
:[http:// | |||
:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/courses16/Analytic_Metaphysics/ | |||
:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= | |||
Mind, Language, Intentionality, Emotions, Truth, and Aboutness == | == October 29: Mind, Language, Intentionality, Emotions, Truth, and Aboutness == | ||
:[http://ncor.buffalo.edu/2015/icbo-aboutness.pdf About Aboutness] | :[http://ncor.buffalo.edu/2015/icbo-aboutness.pdf About Aboutness] | ||
:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/STIDS-2013.pdf Information Artifact Ontology] | :[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/STIDS-2013.pdf Information Artifact Ontology] | ||
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:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBKsupBquok&feature=youtu.be Video 2: About Aboutness] | :[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBKsupBquok&feature=youtu.be Video 2: About Aboutness] | ||
== November 5: Document Acts== | |||
:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/document-acts.pdf Document Acts] | |||
:[http://college.holycross.edu/faculty/aborghin/Articles/Philosophy_of_Food/Borghini_2015_JAEE_WhatIsARecipe.pdf What is a Recipe?] | |||
:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/courses16/Analytic_Metaphysics/7.pptx Slides] | |||
:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRZzYR6_jho Video] | |||
== November 12: Ontology of Deontic Entities == | |||
== | |||
:[https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology, Chapter 5] | :[https://mitpress.mit.edu/index.php?q=books/building-ontologies-basic-formal-ontology Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology, Chapter 5] | ||
:[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaFnMesr6uQ Massively Planned Social Agency] | :[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaFnMesr6uQ Massively Planned Social Agency] | ||
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:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/SearleIntro.pdf John Searle: From Speech Acts to Social Reality] | :[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/SearleIntro.pdf John Searle: From Speech Acts to Social Reality] | ||
:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/courses16/Analytic_Metaphysics/2.pdf Slides] [[Contents]] | :[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/courses16/Analytic_Metaphysics/2.pdf Slides] [[Contents]] | ||
:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Vefe5p6p4 Video]:[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaFnMesr6uQ Massively Planned Social Agency] | :[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Vefe5p6p4 Video] | ||
:[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaFnMesr6uQ Massively Planned Social Agency] | |||
:[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/courses16/Analytic_Metaphysics/3.pdf Slides] | :[http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/courses16/Analytic_Metaphysics/3.pdf Slides] | ||
:[https://youtu.be/Hk6Df2geYiQ Video] | :[https://youtu.be/Hk6Df2geYiQ Video] | ||
:See also materials [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Workshop_on_BFO_and_the_Ontology_of_Social_Entities_2016 here] | :See also materials [http://ncorwiki.buffalo.edu/index.php/Workshop_on_BFO_and_the_Ontology_of_Social_Entities_2016 here] | ||
== | == November 19: == The Ontology of Organizations | ||
== November 26: Presentations of Student Projects 1== | == November 26: Presentations of Student Projects 1== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:09, 13 March 2018
The Course
This course will provide an introduction to ontology and its applications at the beginning graduate-student level. We will describe the roots of contemporary ontology in classical metaphysics, explain how ontology now plays a role in data science and information fusion, and outline a series of applications of ontology in the biomedical and social sciences.
Department of Philosophy: Special Topics PHI 598. Registration number: #####
Time: Monday, 1-3:50pm, Fall 2018
Room: 200G Baldy
Instructors: Barry Smith and Werner Ceusters
Office hours: By appointment via email to [1]
Recommended background reading
- R. Arp, B. Smith, A. D. Spear, Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology
Schedule
August 27: Introduction to Ontology
September 10: Ontological Realism and Basic Formal Ontology
- Individuals, Universals and Collections
- Fiat Objects
- Endurantist and Perdurantist Accounts of Persistence
- Slides
- Video
September 17: Functions, Capabilities, Dispositions
September 24: Diseases, Disabilities, Diagnoses
Introduction to the Ontology of Medicine
October 1: Mental Health and Disease
October 8: Introduction to Referent Tracking
October 15: Organisms and Environments
- Biological Environments
- Human Environments
- The Microbiome
- Environments, Settings and Behavior
October 22: The Ontology of Experimentation, Classification and Measurement
October 29: Mind, Language, Intentionality, Emotions, Truth, and Aboutness
November 5: Document Acts
November 12: Ontology of Deontic Entities
- Building Ontologies with Basic Formal Ontology, Chapter 5
- Massively Planned Social Agency
- Document Acts and the Ontology of Social Reality
- John Searle: From Speech Acts to Social Reality
- Slides Contents
- Video
- Massively Planned Social Agency
- Slides
- Video
- See also materials here
== November 19: == The Ontology of Organizations
November 26: Presentations of Student Projects 1
December 3: Presentations of Student Projects 2
Grading and Related Policies and Services
All students will be required to take an active part in class discussions throughout the semester and to prepare a paper on some relevant topic. The paper should be submitted in a draft version on or before March 29, and in final form on or before May 3. A powerpoint version will be presented in class in one or other of the two closing sessions .
Your grade will be determined in three equal portions deriving from:
- 1. class participation (2.5% per class attended)
- 2. paper (3000 words; deadline for draft: March 29; deadline for final version: May 3)
- 3. class presentation (graded according to quality of powerpoint slides, quality of delivery, and quality of response to questions)
For policy regarding incompletes see here
For academic integrity policy see here
For accessibility services see here
