Logic and Ontology@ (8) Bergmann, Gustav@ (6) Hartmann, Nicolai@ (4) Ingarden, Roman@ (3) James, William@ (16) Santayana, George@ (12) See also: Reference: Knowledge Management: Knowledge Representation: Ontologies (67) Buffalo Ontology Site - Information on ontology, on the history of ontology, and on contemporary ontology and its applications. The Metaphysics of Blue - On the nature of consciousness - looking for soul in a soulless world. Metaphysics of Quality - Robert M. Pirsig deals with the fundamentals of existence and attempts to provide a more coherent system for understanding reality than current paradigms allow. Ontology. A Resource Guide for Philosophers - Resources on the development of ontology, especially in the twentieth century. PhilSci Archive: Idealist Philosophy: What is Real ? - Paper by Axel Randrup defending idealism and arguing that materialism leads to logical contradictions, which closes by considering the implications of this for religion. Qualia: The Knowledge Argument - Aims to establish that conscious experience involves non-physical properties. It is one of the most discussed arguments against physicalism; from the Stanford Encyclopedia by Martine Nida-RĂ¼melin. The Shift of Aspect in Language and Thought - Examines the role of this ubiquitous but neglected feature of expression and perception, suggesting that by a shift of aspect reality is both mental and physical. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Abstract Objects - Survey of attempts to draw the distinction between concrete and abstract objects; by Gideon Rosen. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Events - Survey of philosophical views on the character and status of events; by Roberto Casati and Achille Varzi. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Existence - Survey article by Barry Miller. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Holes - An interesting case-study for ontologists and epistemologists. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Physicalism - Discussion of the thesis that everything is physical; by Daniel Stoljar. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Identity of Indiscernibles - A principle of analytic ontology first explicitly formulated by Leibniz. It states that no two distinct substances exactly resemble each other. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Tropes - An article describing tropes; by John Bacon. What is Ontology? - Collected definitions, from leading philosophical reference works and from philosophers from Wolff to Husserl. Why Does Anything Exist? - Sequence of short essays on this topic. Society: Philosophy: Metaphysics: Ontology News
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