Top-level ontological categories

被引：81

作者：

Sowa, JF

机构：

[1] Philosophy and Computers and Systems Science, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER STUDIES | 1995年 / 43卷 / 5-6期

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D O I：

10.1006/ijhc.1995.1068

中图分类号：

TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Philosophers have spent 25 centuries debating ontological categories. Their insights are directly applicable to the analysis, design, and specification of the ontologies used in knowledge-based systems. This paper surveys some of the ontological questions that arise in artificial intelligence, some answers that have been proposed by various philosophers, and an application of the philosophical analysis to the clarification of some current issues in AI. Two philosophers who have developed the most complete systems of categories are Charles Sanders Peirce and Alfred North Whitehead. Their analyses suggest a basic structure of categories that can provide some guidelines for the design of AI systems. (C) 1995 Academic Press Limited

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页码：669 / 685

页数：17