I explain why Ross Cameron's definition of ultimate ontological basis is incorrect, and propose a different definition in terms of ontological dependence, as well as a definition of reality's fundamental layer. These new definitions cover the conceptual possibility that self-dependent entities exist. They also apply to different conceptions of the relation of ontological dependence. © 2009 The Author
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Successful ontological analysis depends upon having the right underlying theory. The work described ...
This is a book about some of the basic concepts of metaphysics: universals, particulars, causality, ...
This paper deals with several problems concerning notion of existential dependence and ontological n...
In basic ontology philosophers dispute inter alia about the nature of properties and events. Two mai...
The term ‘formal ontology’ was first used by the philosopher Edmund Husserl in his Logical Investiga...
In The Four-Category Ontology, E. J. Lowe defines the relationship between ontology and empirical sc...
The notion of fundamentality is supposed to play an important role in philosophical inquiry and scie...
Most philosophers treat ontological dependence and metaphysical dependence as distinct relations. A ...
This essay provides an opinionated survey of some recent developments in the literature on ontologic...
In this essay the ontological structure of reality is explored. The question of reducibility of biol...
The notion of ontological dependence can find application in distinct areas of philosophical researc...
ABSTRACT. In this essay the ontological structure of reality is explored. The question of reducibili...
(First paragraph.) Ontology is often described as the inquiry into what exists, but there is some di...
The paper examines one of the most natural and intuitive ways of understanding the notions of fundam...
Successful ontological analysis depends upon having the right underlying theory. The work described ...
This is a book about some of the basic concepts of metaphysics: universals, particulars, causality, ...
This paper deals with several problems concerning notion of existential dependence and ontological n...
In basic ontology philosophers dispute inter alia about the nature of properties and events. Two mai...
The term ‘formal ontology’ was first used by the philosopher Edmund Husserl in his Logical Investiga...
In The Four-Category Ontology, E. J. Lowe defines the relationship between ontology and empirical sc...
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