Identity, Unity, and Individuality: Towards a Formal Toolkit for Ontological Analysis
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We introduce here the notions of identity and unity as they have been discussed in Philosophy, and then provide additional clarifications needed to use these notions as fundamental tools in a methodology for ontology-driven conceptual analysis. We show how identity and unity complement each other under a general notion of individuality, and conclude with an example of how these tools can be used in analysis to help check the ontological consistency of taxonomies.
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