St. Thomas, the Philosophers and Felicity. Some Reflections on « Summa contra Gentiles » III, 63 (10)

Summa Contra Ontologiam

This paper is a critical analysis of the concept of ontology thus as it is used in computing science. It identifies three main problems with such a concept, two of which are intrinsic to it and one of which is extrinsic, so to speak, being related to the use of ontology in applications. The first problem with ontology is that the only accepted definition of its main artifact is teleological rat...

theologia negationis: maimonides and st. thomas on religious language

Summa Philosophiae: a Semantic Wiki for Professional Philosophers

The resources of the semantic web could be of great use to professional philosophers working in the analytic tradition. Given the highly structured and rapidly evolving nature of the state of the art in analytic discussions, it is argued that a semantic wiki would be the most appropriate tool to represent in a dynamic way the evolution of the state of the art. The massive collaboration of philo...

Reflections on SCMA III

It has been a great privilege to participate in this fascinating meeting and a great challenge to be asked to comment on the wide variety of issues that have arisen. I will try to place the papers we have heard here in some perspective and to outline some current and future challenges and opportunities lying in the intersection of statistics and astronomy. I ask the reader to bear in mind that ...

theologia negationis: maimonides and st. thomas on religious language

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