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ISBN: | 9781402062049 1402062044 9781402062032 (HB) 1402062036 (HB) 6611067086 9786611067083
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Notes: | "Based on a series of lectures given in Rome in 2004 at the Lateran Pontifical University"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record.
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Summary: | Theories about the ontological structure of the world have generally been described in informal, intuitive terms, and the arguments for and against them, including their consistency and adequacy as explanatory frameworks, have generally been given in even more informal terms. The goal of formal ontology is to correct for these deficiencies. By formally reconstructing an intuitive, informal ontological scheme as a formal ontology we can better determine the consistency and adequacy of that scheme; and then by comparing different reconstructed schemes with one another we can much better evaluate.
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Other form: | Print version: Cocchiarella, Nino B. Formal ontology and conceptual realism. Dordrecht : Springer, 2007 9781402062032 1402062036
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