After reading the article “The Ontology of the Photographic Image” by Andre Bazin‚ it opens the discussion of the origin of painting and sculpting‚ whether it was started by an ancient Egypt religion or something else. The first two paragraphs of the article explains the ancient Egypt religion of preserving their dead by covering them in cloth in order to keep up their appearance after reality (in death). However‚ modern day society is not considered with their appearance/survival after death but
Premium Ancient Egypt Mind Egypt
thus one can only conjecture his opinion on the matter. This essay seeks to highlight Descartes main beliefs in the three main areas of philosophical endeavour; epistemology‚ ontology‚ and ethics. It will then infer from these how Descartes would approach euthanasia. Descartes was a rationalist; he based his ideas about ontology and ethics on his ideas about epistemology. He demonstrated the importance of the mind with his analogy on wax. Wax‚ Descartes reasoned‚ is in a completely different form when
Premium René Descartes Philosophy Metaphysics
The True Essence of Substance Esha Jain Descartes and Spinoza are both regarded as rationalists‚ and for good reason. There is quite a bit of similarity in the methodology used by both modern philosophers as they try to make sense of the world and establish what is true. Both philosophers have implemented an orderly way to construct their arguments as a way to seek the perfect‚ whole truth. One essential truth that both Descartes and Spinoza strive to understand is on the matter of substance. Descartes
Premium Metaphysics Ontology Mind
in which human interests‚ values‚ dignity predominate UTILITARIANISM – greatest good for greatest number Key philosophers cc. 470 - 399 BC SOCRATES Greece Rationalist Utilized Socratic method of teaching “One thing only I know‚ and that is that I know nothing.” “He who knows good will do good.” c.428 - 348BC PLATO Greece Rationalist / Dualist Known for the Myth of the Cave Student of Socrates “A state that does not educate and train women is like a man who only trains his right arm.” 384 - 322BC
Premium Philosophy
Modeling strategic partnerships using the e3value ontology A field study in the banking industry Carol Kort Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands Email: cdkort@cs.vu.nl Jaap Gordijn Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands Email: gordijn@cs.vu.nl 1 Introduction Companies increasingly form networked value constellations to jointly satisfy a complex need. Well known examples include the networked business model of Cisco Systems [Tapscott‚ D.‚ Ticoll‚ D.‚ & Lowy‚ A.‚ 2000] and
Premium Value network Money Value chain
(2003). “Background to Framenet”. Fillmore‚ C. J.‚ Petruck‚ M.‚ Ruppenhofer‚ J. and Wright‚ A. (2003). “Framenet in action: the case of attaching” Gaudin‚ F. (2003). Gillam‚ L.‚ Tariq‚ M. and Ahmad‚ k. (2006). “Terminology and the construction of ontology”. International DOI Foundation (2005). The DOI Handbook‚ Version 4.2.0‚. Oxford: International Meyer‚ I.‚ Eck‚ K. and Skuce‚ D. (1997). “Systematic concept analysis within a knowledge-based approach to terminology” 22 Current Issues in Language Studies
Premium Concept Semantics Ontology
<http://forums.philosophyforums.com/threads/what-is-the-essence-of-being-human-31779.html>. "Epistemology - Credo Reference Topic." Credo Reference Home. Web. 17 Jan. 2012. <http://www.credoreference.com/topic/epistemology>. "What Is an Ontology?" Stanford Knowledge Systems‚ AI Laboratory. Web. 17 Jan. 2012. <http://www-ksl.stanford.edu/kst/what-is-an-ontology.html>.
Premium Morality Religion Human
43 Int. J. Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems‚ Vol. n‚ No. m‚ 2008 Commonsense Knowledge‚ Ontology and Ordinary Language Walid S. Saba American Institutes for Research‚ 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street‚ NW‚ Washington‚ DC 20007 USA E-mail: wsaba@air.org Abstract: Over two decades ago a “quite revolution” overwhelmingly replaced knowledgebased approaches in natural language processing (NLP) by quantitative (e.g.‚ statistical‚ corpus-based‚ machine learning) methods. Although it is our firm
Premium Ontology Object
Principal Issues with Epistemology Earnell Branson PHL/215 June 18‚ 2012 Dr. Anne M. Edwards Principal Issues with Epistemology Society has attempted to decipher what is real. The idea of what is real and what is understood has been a problem for societies. The different societies and cultures believed in other beings such as different God’s. Greek society was a leader in worshipping and believing in God’s that perceived to be real in their minds and culture. Worshipping these God’s begun
Premium Philosophy Epistemology Metaphysics
category of individuals like individual persons‚ individual objects‚ individual animals‚ or various other individual materials. “What the austere nominalist wants to claim is that an ontology of concrete particulars provides the resources for dealing with all the phenomena the metaphysical realist claims presuppose an ontology of multiply exemplifiable entities” (Loux 53). The austere nominalist refutes the realist claim that universals are necessary and serve as handling the phenomena of attribute agreement
Premium Metaphysics Ontology