formal universals

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• Universals — • Those ideas which, while excluding whatever constitutes the difference of things of the same genus or species, represent that which is necessary to their constitution, is essential, and is therefore common to all, remaining fixed in all… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Problem of universals — The problem of universals is an ancient problem in metaphysics about whether universals exist. Universals are general or abstract qualities, characteristics, properties, kinds or relations, such as being male/female, solid/liquid/gas or a certain …   Wikipedia

• General Formal Ontology — The General Formal Ontology (GFO) is an upper ontology integrating processes and objects. [ Herre, H.; Heller, B.; Burek, P.; Hoehndorf, R.; Loebe, F. Michalek, H.. General Formal Ontology (GFO): A Foundational Ontology Integrating Objects and… …   Wikipedia

• Object-centered high-level reference ontology — The Object Centered High level REference ontology (OCHRE) is an upper ontology (top level ontology, or foundation ontology), a formal ontological framework whose purpose is to describe very general concepts that are the same across all knowledge… …   Wikipedia

• Spontaneities — Spontaneity Spon ta*ne i*ty (sp[o^]n t[.a]*n[=e] [i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Spontaneities} ( t[i^]z). [Cf. F. spontan[ e]it[ e].] 1. The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Spontaneity — Spon ta*ne i*ty (sp[o^]n t[.a]*n[=e] [i^]*t[y^]), n.; pl. {Spontaneities} ( t[i^]z). [Cf. F. spontan[ e]it[ e].] 1. The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Late medieval philosophy, 1350–1500 — Zénon Kaluza INTRODUCTION No fact in philosophical or other history underlies the commonlymade division of fourteenth century philosophy around the year 1350, except perhaps the Black Death of 1348–9, which overcame the Oxford masters and… …   History of philosophy

• Nominalism — is a metaphysical view in philosophy according to which general or abstract terms and predicates exist, while universals or abstract objects, which are sometimes thought to correspond to these terms, do not exist.[1] Thus, there are at least two… …   Wikipedia

• Aristotle — For other uses, see Aristotle (disambiguation). Ἀριστοτέλης, Aristotélēs Marble bust of Aristotle. Roman copy after a Gree …   Wikipedia

• Aristotle’s logic and metaphysics — Alan Code PART 1: LOGICAL WORKS OVERVIEW OF ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC The Aristotelian logical works are referred to collectively using the Greek term ‘Organon’. This is a reflection of the idea that logic is a tool or instrument of, though not… …   History of philosophy

• Hegel’s logic and philosophy of mind — Willem deVries LOGIC AND MIND IN HEGEL’S PHILOSOPHY Hegel is above all a systematic philosopher. Awe inspiring in its scope, his philosophy left no subject untouched. Logic provides the central, unifying framework as well as the general… …   History of philosophy