Ontology

a phenomenon to the physical world. Plato used the concept of the divided line to illustrate the relationship of knowledge to opinion. Metaphysics is investigating principles or reality transcending those of any particular science. Cosmology and Ontology were the traditional branches concerned with the explaining of the ultimate nature of being in the world. Epistemology was also used it is the attempt to answer the basic question of true and untrue knowledge. The study of nature of being, existence

ways of reasoning and logic to explain the natural phenomena that surround them. Reality, existence, and the essence of things were the basis of what these philosophers sought to rationalize. In this paper, I will be discussing the epistemology and ontology presented by The Eleatics, the Pluralists, and The Atomists. These three Pre-Socratic schools often opposed one another’s epistemological and ontological views. However, each critic resulted in even more theories and laws that we still use to this

understand the nature, intentions and involvement of God. The main argument focused on throughout this essay is the ontological argument, claiming that once humans understand the concept and idea of God, humans should therefore see that God must exists. Ontology focuses on a Priori; knowledge that is independent of all experiences. The ontological

The philosophy of man is an intricate and multidimensional system involving complex problems rationalized by theoretical ideals. In writing the Oration on the Dignity of Man, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola approaches this study universally, wherein, humanism and the worth and dignity of the populace is affirmed. Saint Augustine's Confessions attempts to explain the truth and philosophies of man, but does so with a different approach, referring to man as a product of society self-consciously

The first question is “What is the nature of whatever it is that exists?” This question represents a large subdivision of philosophy called ontology, pursuing rational conclusions about what exists and the nature of existence. The second fundamental question is “How if at all, can we know?” This question embodies another major branch of philosophy called epistemology, this subdivision pursues

Ontology-Based Medical Image understanding [NAME] Image understanding (IU) is the research domain related to the design and experimentation of computer systems that transforms features and data extracted from images into a meaningful descriptions, and creates subsequent decisions and actions in relation to the analysis of the images using a control structure. With regard to the long-standing problem of the semantic gap between low-level image features and high-level human knowledge, the image retrieval

The purpose of this paper is to explain the mind-body problem. I will be describing the basic concept of the mind-body problem with the five basic problems that are categorized with it. I will also be taking a stand in property dualist view while offering a counter argument and then a reply to that argument. The mind-body problem is an ancient problem where philosophers ask, “What is the relationship between the mind and the body?”. This is an ongoing problem that concerns the nature of the relationship

One consequence of viewing ontology and identity as relative is that properties and universals hardly seem much more problematic. Although universals obviously do not exist on a fundamental level, I think both David Lewis and David Armstrong provide helpful suggestions on the scope of universals in practical discourse. While David Lewis’s essay “New Work for a Theory of Universals” (1983) is quite extensive in its scope and insight, I only wish to draw attention to his reasoning about the scope

The Ontology of Many-Worlds: Modality and Time ABSTRACT: There are two types of theories regarding many worlds: one is modal, while the other is temporal. The former regards reality as consisting of many possible worlds, while the latter holds that reality consists of many momentary worlds, which are usually called moments. I compare these two theories, paying close attention to the concept of transworld identity and compare trans-possible world identity with trans-momentary world identity (or

Is there a God or is he just a myth? The world has been searching for God for ages and philosophers and atheists have debated about this topic. The word God itself is a huge controversy. Is there a God and if He is there why do we still have evil around, where is He? These are the general questions asked by man. On the other side atheists would say that there is no God for the universe evolved by itself and we came into being by accident. But the real question is how can we come into existence by