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Author:   M. Bunge
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1977
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9789027707857

ISBN 10:   9027707855
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   31 July 1977
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

of Ontology I.- 1. Ontological Problems.- 2. The Business of Ontology.- 3. Is Ontology Possible?.- 4. The Method of Scientific Ontology.- 5. The Goals of Scientific Ontology.- 6. Ontology and Formal Science.- 7. The Ontology of Science.- 8. Ontological Inputs and Outputs of Science and Technology.- 9. Uses of Ontology.- 10. Concluding Remarks.- 1. Substance.- 1. Association.- 2. Assembly.- 3. Entities and Sets.- 4. Concluding Remarks.- 2. Form.- 1. Property and Attribute.- 2. Analysis.- 3. Theory.- 4. Properties of Properties.- 5. Status of Properties.- 6. Concluding Remarks.- 3. Thing.- 1. Thing and Model Thing.- 2. State.- 3. From Class to Natural Kind.- 4. The World.- 5. Concluding Remarks.- 4. Possibility.- 1. Conceptual Possibility.- 2. Real Possibility.- 3. Disposition.- 4. Probability.- 5. Chance Propensity.- 6. Marginalia.- 7. Concluding Remarks.- 5. Change.- 1. Changeability.- 2. Event.- 3. Process.- 4. Action and Reaction.- 5. Panta Rhei.- 6. Concluding Remarks.- 6. Spacetime.- 1. Conflicting Views.- 2. Space.- 3. Duration.- 4. Spacetime.- 5. Spatiotemporal Properties.- 6. Matters of Existence.- 7. Concluding Remarks.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.

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