Abstract
The essays collected in this book deal with a) general ontology basically in two meanings: as a philosophical discipline that studies “being”, that is as a part of metaphysics, and as a theory that deals with types of entities, specifically those types of abstract entities that are allowed in a language (ontology as specification of a conceptualization), and b) formal ontology both as a “categorial ontology” and as a formalized discipline that represents an “ontological” part of the varied world of formal disciplines. This collection introduces the work of researchers from Europe, Middle-East, United States, Canada and Australia. Papers ranges across many topics of contemporary inquiry in ontology: foundations of ontology, primary relations (identity and identification), mereology, ontology of physical entities, trope ontology, modality and ontological imports of logic and theory of truth.

Information
Type: Collection
Language(s): English
Year: 2006
Number of page(s): 328
Code (printed): ISBN 978-88-7699-028-1
Code (electronic): ISBN 978-88-7699-029-8 - Open Access Publication

Book Sections
Ellis, Brian (2006) Constructing an Ontology. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 15-26.

Laycock, Henry (2006) Variables, Generality and Existence: Considerations on the Notion of a Concept-Script. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 27-52.

Obojska, Lidia (2006) "Primary Relations and a Non-Standard Form of Identity". In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 53-66.

Valore, Paolo (2006) Some Ontological Remarks on the Maxim of Identification of Indiscernibles. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 67-77.

Polkowski, Lech and Semeniuk–Polkowska, Maria (2006) Mereology in Approximate Reasoning about Concepts. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 79-99.

Taşdelen, İskender (2006) Resemblance Relations and Higher-Order Information Systems. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 101-125.

Levi, Sergio (2006) Mereological and Causal Decompositions of Action. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 127-136.

Benovsky, Jiri (2006) Four-Dimensionalism and Modal Perdurants. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 137-159.

Auletta, Gennaro (2006) The Ontology Suggested by Quantum Mechanics. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 161-179.

Goff, Philip (2006) "Propertied Objects as Truth-Makers". In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 181-189.

Morganti, Matteo (2006) Towards a Working Trope Ontology. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 191-219.

Saba, Walid S. (2006) The Structure of Commonsense Knowledge. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 221-243.

De Florio, Ciro (2006) Second Order Logic, Intended Models and Ontology. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 245-265.

Vignolo, Massimiliano (2006) Is Truth a Genuine Property? In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 267-279.

Ciprotti, Nicola (2006) A Puzzle about Restricted Recombination in Modal Realism. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 281-295.

McGraw, David (2006) Classical Realism and Aristotelian Essentialism. In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 297-310.

Gallagher, Daniel B. (2006) "Kantian, Analytic, and neo-Thomistic philosophy: Three moments in the history of existential predication". In: Topics on General and Formal Ontology. Polimetrica Publisher, Italy, pp. 311-326.