The Ontological Level

@incollection{citeulike:1592746, abstract = {In 1979, Ron Brachman discussed... In this paper I argue against this neutrality, claiming that a rigorous ontological foundation for knowledge representation can improve the quality of the knowledge engineering process, making it easier to build at least understandable (if not reusable) knowledge bases. We contrast the notion of formal ontology, intended as a theory of the a priori forms and natures of objects, to that of (formal) epistemology, intended as a theory of meaning connections...}, address = {Vienna}, author = {Guarino, Nicola }, booktitle = {Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences}, citeulike-article-id = {1592746}, editor = {Casati, R. and Smith, B. and White, G. }, keywords = {knowledge}, posted-at = {2007-08-25 20:11:01}, priority = {2}, publisher = {H\"older-Pichler-Tempsky}, title = {The Ontological Level}, url = {http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/69137.html}, year = {1994} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:1592746 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1592746 TI - The Ontological Level T2 - Philosophy and the Cognitive Sciences AD - Vienna PB - H\"older-Pichler-Tempsky N2 - In 1979, Ron Brachman discussed... In this paper I argue against this neutrality, claiming that a rigorous ontological foundation for knowledge representation can improve the quality of the knowledge engineering process, making it easier to build at least understandable (if not reusable) knowledge bases. We contrast the notion of formal ontology, intended as a theory of the a priori forms and natures of objects, to that of (formal) epistemology, intended as a theory of meaning connections... KW - knowledge AU - Guarino, Nicola A2 - Casati, R A2 - Smith, B A2 - White, G PY - 1994/// UR - http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/69137.html ER -