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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
- Introduction: What is Ontology for? 7
- Acknowledgments 20
- Chapter 1: Philosophy and Biomedical Information Systems 21
- Chapter 2: What is Formal Ontology? 39
- Chapter 3: A Primer on Knowledge Representation and Ontological Engineering 57
- Chapter 4: New Desiderata for Biomedical Terminologies 83
- Chapter 5: The Benefits of Realism: A Realist Logic with Applications 109
- Chapter 6: A Theory of Granular Partitions 125
- Chapter 7: Classifications 159
- Chapter 8: Categories: The Top-Level Ontology 173
- Chapter 9: The Classification of Living Beings 197
- Chapter 10: Ontological Relations 219
- Chapter 11: Four Kinds of Is_a Relation 235
- Chapter 12: Occurrents 255
- Chapter 13: Bioinformatics and Biological Reality 285
- References 311
- Index 329
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents v
- Introduction: What is Ontology for? 7
- Acknowledgments 20
- Chapter 1: Philosophy and Biomedical Information Systems 21
- Chapter 2: What is Formal Ontology? 39
- Chapter 3: A Primer on Knowledge Representation and Ontological Engineering 57
- Chapter 4: New Desiderata for Biomedical Terminologies 83
- Chapter 5: The Benefits of Realism: A Realist Logic with Applications 109
- Chapter 6: A Theory of Granular Partitions 125
- Chapter 7: Classifications 159
- Chapter 8: Categories: The Top-Level Ontology 173
- Chapter 9: The Classification of Living Beings 197
- Chapter 10: Ontological Relations 219
- Chapter 11: Four Kinds of Is_a Relation 235
- Chapter 12: Occurrents 255
- Chapter 13: Bioinformatics and Biological Reality 285
- References 311
- Index 329