Ontology And The Logistic Analysis Of Language

Author : Guido Küng
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401035148
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ontology and the Logistic Analysis of Language written by Guido Küng and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the aim of the present study to introduce the reader to the ways of thinking of those contemporary philosophers who apply the tools of symbolic logic to classical philosophical problems. Unlike the "conti nental" reader for whom this work was originally written, the English speaking reader will be more familiar with most of the philosophers dis cussed in this book, and he will in general not be tempted to dismiss them indiscriminately as "positivists" and "nominalists". But the English version of this study may help to redress the balance in another respect. In view of the present emphasis on ordinary language and the wide spread tendency to leave the mathematical logicians alone with their technicalities, it seems not without merit to revive the interest in formal ontology and the construction of formal systems. A closer look at the historical account which will be given here, may convince the reader that there are several points in the historical develop ment whose consequences have not yet been fully assessed: I mention, e. g. , the shift from the traditional three-level semantics of sense and deno tation to the contemporary two-level semantics of representation; the relation of extensional structure and intensional content in the extensional systems of Wittgenstein and Carnap; the confusing changes in labelling the different kinds of analytic and apriori true sentences; etc. Among the philosophically interesting tools of symbolic logic Lesniewski's calculus of names deserves special attention.

Author : Kanti Lal Das
Publisher : Northern Book Centre
ISBN 13 : 9788172112288
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language and Ontology written by Kanti Lal Das and published by Northern Book Centre. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book highlights the concept of ontology, relationship between language and ontology, the distinction between ontology and reality, the role of linguistic philosophers in dealing with ontology etc. Apart from these, the eminent scholars address themselves with the ontology behind the value of valuation, exclusion and discrimination, inter-religious dialogue, Indian theories of language, values in cinema, poetic language etc.

Author : John Bacon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521415620
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ontology, Causality, and Mind written by John Bacon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, all especially written for this volume, explore the many facets of Armstrong's work, concentrating on his interests.

Author : Bryan G. Norton
Publisher : Janua Linguarum. Series Minor
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Frameworks and Ontology written by Bryan G. Norton and published by Janua Linguarum. Series Minor. This book was released on 1977 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Linguistic Frameworks and Ontology".

Author : Philipp Cimiano
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
ISBN 13 : 160845990X
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ontology-Based Interpretation of Natural Language written by Philipp Cimiano and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For humans, understanding a natural language sentence or discourse is so effortless that we hardly ever think about it. For machines, however, the task of interpreting natural language, especially grasping meaning beyond the literal content, has proven extremely difficult and requires a large amount of background knowledge. This book focuses on the interpretation of natural language with respect to specific domain knowledge captured in ontologies. The main contribution is an approach that puts ontologies at the center of the interpretation process. This means that ontologies not only provide a formalization of domain knowledge necessary for interpretation but also support and guide the construction of meaning representations. We start with an introduction to ontologies and demonstrate how linguistic information can be attached to them by means of the ontology lexicon model lemon. These lexica then serve as basis for the automatic generation of grammars, which we use to compositionally construct meaning representations that conform with the vocabulary of an underlying ontology. As a result, the level of representational granularity is not driven by language but by the semantic distinctions made in the underlying ontology and thus by distinctions that are relevant in the context of a particular domain. We highlight some of the challenges involved in the construction of ontology-based meaning representations, and show how ontologies can be exploited for ambiguity resolution and the interpretation of temporal expressions. Finally, we present a question answering system that combines all tools and techniques introduced throughout the book in a real-world application, and sketch how the presented approach can scale to larger, multi-domain scenarios in the context of the Semantic Web.

Author : Arkadiusz Chrudzimski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110325705
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Actions, Products, and Things written by Arkadiusz Chrudzimski and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a long time Franz Brentano has been widely perceived almost exclusively as the re-discoverer of intentionality and the founder of the continental phenomenology. It was only during the last 30 years that his immense importance for the development of analytic philosophy (and also the arbitrariness of the very division between analytic and continental philosophy) became clear. This volume is devoted to Brentano's influence on the Polish Analytic Philosophy better known under the name of: "Lvov-Warsaw School". Contributors: Arianna Betti (Amsterdam), Arkadiusz Chrudzimski (Szczecin and Salzburg), Dale Jacquette (Pennsylvania), Dariusz Lukasiewicz (Bydgoszcz), Maria van der Schaar (Leiden), Peter Simons (Leeds), Barry Smith (Buffalo and Saarbrücken), Jan Wolenski (Cracow).

Author : Donald W. Mertz
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300065619
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moderate Realism and Its Logic written by Donald W. Mertz and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying the rules and systems of mathematics and logic to instance ontology, this work argues for the validity and problem-solving capacities of instance ontology, and associates it with a version of the realist position which is named by the author as moderate realism.

Author : Sergei Nirenburg
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262140867
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ontological Semantics written by Sergei Nirenburg and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive theory-based approach to the treatment of text meaning in natural language processing applications.

Author : Gustavo E. Romero
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319976311
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Scientific Philosophy written by Gustavo E. Romero and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-02 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook presents the basics of philosophy that are necessary for the student and researcher in science in order to better understand scientific work. The approach is not historical but formative: tools for semantical analysis, ontology of science, epistemology, and scientific ethics are presented in a formal and direct way. The book has two parts: one with the general theory and a second part with application to some problems such as the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the nature of mathematics, and the ontology of spacetime. The book addresses questions such as "What is meaning?", "What is truth?", "What are truth criteria in science?", "What is a theory?", "What is a model?" "What is a datum?", "What is information?", "What does it mean to understand something?", "What is space?", "What is time?", "How are these concepts articulated in science?" "What are values?" "What are the limits of science?", and many more. The philosophical views presented are "scientific" in the sense that they are informed by current science, they are relevant for scientific research, and the method adopted uses the hypothetical-deductive approach that is characteristic of science. The results and conclusions, as any scientific conclusion, are open to revision in the light of future advances. Hence, this philosophical approach opposes to dogmatic philosophy. Supported by end-of-chapter summaries and a list of special symbols used, the material will be of interest for students and researchers in both science and philosophy. The second part will appeal to physicists and mathematicians.

Author : Jan J.T. Srzednicki
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401157367
Total Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book Leśniewski’s Systems Protothetic written by Jan J.T. Srzednicki and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the two world wars, Stanislaw Lesniewski (1886-1939), created the famous and important system of foundations of mathematics that comprises three deductive theories: Protothetic, Ontology, and Mereology. His research started in 1914 with studies on the general theory of sets (later named `Mereology'). Ontology followed between 1919 and 1921, and was the next step towards an integrated system. In order to combine these two systematically he constructed Protothetic - the system of `first principles'. Together they amount to what Z. Jordan called `... most thorough, original, and philosophically significant attempt to provide a logically secure foundation for the whole of mathematics'. The volume collects many of the most significant commentaries on, and contributions to, Protothetic. A Protothetic Bibliography is included.