Formal Ontology

This Element shows different accounts of ontological forms in literature. It shows a character-neutral relational account and shows metatheory is useful for understanding categorial fundamentality/non-fundamentality, different formal ontologies, and unifying metaphysical questions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

List of contents

1. Introduction: against fantology; 2. A very short history of formal ontology; 3. Contemporary formal ontology; 4. Our metatheory of formal ontology; 5. What can we do with our metatheory?; 6. Conclusion; References.

Summary

This Element shows different accounts of ontological forms in literature. It shows a character-neutral relational account and shows metatheory is useful for understanding categorial fundamentality/non-fundamentality, different formal ontologies, and unifying metaphysical questions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Product details

• Authors: Jani Hakkarainen, Jani (Tampere University Hakkarainen, Markku Keinänen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2023
• EAN: 9781009069069
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0906906-9
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Metaphysics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy: logic