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Ontology in Cognitive Perspective

Ontology in Cognitive Perspective Ontology cannot be left to the natural sciences, if only because it deals also with hypothetical and fictional objects. It pivots about proto-categorical issues relating to the features of objects of any and all kinds. This brings into its range issues that test the limits of knowledge by asking questions that are inherently unanswerable (for example: “What is an instance of an occurrence that no one ever mentions?”). And it raises issues of norms and values that science (in its usual configuration) does not address. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Axiomathes Springer Journals

Ontology in Cognitive Perspective

Rescher, Nicholas
Axiomathes , Volume 18 (1) – Jan 11, 2008
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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Subject
Philosophy; Philosophy; Ontology; Linguistics (general); Cognitive Psychology; Logic
ISSN
1122-1151
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1572-8390
DOI
10.1007/s10516-007-9029-5
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Abstract

Ontology cannot be left to the natural sciences, if only because it deals also with hypothetical and fictional objects. It pivots about proto-categorical issues relating to the features of objects of any and all kinds. This brings into its range issues that test the limits of knowledge by asking questions that are inherently unanswerable (for example: “What is an instance of an occurrence that no one ever mentions?”). And it raises issues of norms and values that science (in its usual configuration) does not address.

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Axiomathes – Springer Journals

Published: Jan 11, 2008

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