Fundamentals of Ontological Commitment

Paolo Valore

Published by De Gruyter 2016

Fundamentals of Ontological Commitment

Paolo Valore

Volume 10 in the series Eide

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110459036

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About this book

Scientific literature on particular themes in ontology is extremely abundant, but it is often very hard for freshmen or sophomores to find a red thread between the various proposals.
This text is an opinionated introduction, a preliminary text to research in ontology from the so called standard approach to ontological commitment, that is from the particular point of view that connects ontological questions to quantificational questions. It offers a survey of this viewpoint in ontology together with their possible applications through a broad array of examples and open problems and, at the same time, essential references to the classics of philosophy, so as to allow non-specialists to understand the terms and analysis procedures characterizing the discipline. Its result is a wide-ranging overview of the issued tackled by ontology, with a particular focus on the most relevant problems of contemporary debate (categorial taxonomies, nonexistent objects, case studies of ontological debates in specific fields of knowledge).

Author information

Paolo Valore, University of Milan, Italy.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Part I: The Task and Scope of Ontology
1. Ontology as a Philosophical Discipline Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Ontology in Its Different Varieties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3. Logical Tools for Ontological Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
4. Mereological Tools of Ontological Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
Part II: Ontological Categories
5. Categories as Uppermost Kinds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
6. Categorial Realism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
7. Modalities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	64
8. Categorial Conceptualism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
9. Parts and Wholes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
10. Natural Kinds and Ordering Strategies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Part III: The Nature of Existence
11. Non-being Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
12. Being and Existence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
13. Ontological Commitment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
14. Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Part IV: Ontological Proofs
15. The Existence of God Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
16. God as an A Priori Idea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
17. Gödel’s Proof Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
Part V: Kinds of Being
18. Three Classical Views about Universals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
19. The Standard Approaches to Concrete Entities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
20. The Ontological Import of Mathematics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
21. Elements of Social Ontology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Relativism and Ontological Relativity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries, Students
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 252
Keywords: Kategorienlehre; Seinsform; Beweis

eBook

Published: January 15, 2016
ISBN: 9783110459036

Hardcover

Published: January 15, 2016
ISBN: 9783110458459