An Assessment of Contemporary Polish Ontology
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Bartłomiej Skowron
Abstract
In this article we undertake a diagnosis of the state of ontology as it is currently practiced in Poland. We point to the strengths of Polish ontology and the aspects that should be improved in order for Polish ontology to flourish further.We cover different styles of thinking in Polish ontology, as well as different methodologies. We address threads influencing Polish ontology, both substantive, as well as those of an organizational, cultural and institutional nature. Apart from the ontologists, this paper also includes the opinions of scholars from the hard sciences, which allows us to shed light on Polish ontology from outside the philosophical community. The article presents concrete steps that could improve and strengthen Polish ontology in the future.We also present here thirty examples of important contributions to ontology by Polish ontologists.
Abstract
In this article we undertake a diagnosis of the state of ontology as it is currently practiced in Poland. We point to the strengths of Polish ontology and the aspects that should be improved in order for Polish ontology to flourish further.We cover different styles of thinking in Polish ontology, as well as different methodologies. We address threads influencing Polish ontology, both substantive, as well as those of an organizational, cultural and institutional nature. Apart from the ontologists, this paper also includes the opinions of scholars from the hard sciences, which allows us to shed light on Polish ontology from outside the philosophical community. The article presents concrete steps that could improve and strengthen Polish ontology in the future.We also present here thirty examples of important contributions to ontology by Polish ontologists.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Some Introductory Thoughts on Contemporary Polish Ontology VII
- On Essential Structures and Symmetries 1
- Prospects for an Animalistically Oriented Simple View 25
- How Long Does the Present Last? The Problem of Fissuration in Roman Ingarden’s Ontology 51
- The Subject’s Forms of Knowledge and the Question of Being 71
- The World as an Object of Formal Philosophy 87
- Logic and the Ontology of Language 109
- Benedict Bornstein’s Ontological Elements of Reality 133
- On the Topological Modelling of Ontological Objects: Substance in the Monadology 149
- Does Mathematical Possibility Imply Existence? 161
- Neologicism for Real(s) – Are We There Yet? 181
- Possible Worlds and Situations: How Can They Meet Up? 205
- The Ontologic of Actions 219
- “Physical Intentionality” and the Thomistic Theory of Formal Objects 245
- An Assessment of Contemporary Polish Ontology 271
- Author Index 295
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Some Introductory Thoughts on Contemporary Polish Ontology VII
- On Essential Structures and Symmetries 1
- Prospects for an Animalistically Oriented Simple View 25
- How Long Does the Present Last? The Problem of Fissuration in Roman Ingarden’s Ontology 51
- The Subject’s Forms of Knowledge and the Question of Being 71
- The World as an Object of Formal Philosophy 87
- Logic and the Ontology of Language 109
- Benedict Bornstein’s Ontological Elements of Reality 133
- On the Topological Modelling of Ontological Objects: Substance in the Monadology 149
- Does Mathematical Possibility Imply Existence? 161
- Neologicism for Real(s) – Are We There Yet? 181
- Possible Worlds and Situations: How Can They Meet Up? 205
- The Ontologic of Actions 219
- “Physical Intentionality” and the Thomistic Theory of Formal Objects 245
- An Assessment of Contemporary Polish Ontology 271
- Author Index 295
