PS... here's what the Wiki "encyclopedists" have to say about "epistemology"....for "balance".... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology
On Friday, November 30, 2012 11:10:39 AM UTC-5, nominal9 wrote: > > Amazing how "little" the encyclopedists actually know or > understand.....the fellow below, might have his "heart" in the right place > but his understanding of actual philosophical schools or directions of > thought is all his own.. i.e., made up by him.... Plato.. probably the > prototypical IDEALIST.... must be turning in his grave at being called a > "REALIST"....and his rendition or characterization of Nominalism... smacks > a bit of Phenomenology.... > Anyway....what would you "folks" say that ontology consists > of?......Personally... I like to think of "ontology" as the consideration > or investigation into differences between.... Fact (ontic) and Fancy > (Wonder-Land)....I like to restrict "facts" to actual "hard" physical > references....On the other hand, the ideas and gushy emotional sensations > (concepts), well.... that's where Wonder-Land "can" reside..... > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology.... > Some philosophers, notably of the Platonic > school<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonism>, > contend that all nouns (including abstract > nouns<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_noun>) > refer to existent entities. Other philosophers contend that nouns do not > always name entities, but that some provide a kind of shorthand for > reference to a collection of either > objects<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_%28philosophy%29>or > events <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_%28philosophy%29>. In this > latter view, *mind <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind>*, instead of > referring to an entity, refers to a collection of *mental events*experienced > by a person; > *society <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society>* refers to a collection > of persons with some shared characteristics, and > *geometry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry> > * refers to a collection of a specific kind of intellectual > activity.[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology#cite_note-1>Between these > poles of > realism <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_realism> and > nominalism<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominalism>, > there are also a variety of other > positions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderate_realism>; > but any ontology must give an account of which words refer to entities, > which do not, why, and what categories result. When one applies this > process to nouns such as *electrons<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron> > *, *energy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy>*, > *contract<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract> > *, *happiness <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness>*, > *space<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space> > *, *time <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time>*, > *truth<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth> > *, *causality <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality>*, and > *God<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God> > *, ontology becomes fundamental to many branches of philosophy.[*citation > needed <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*].. > > Anyway.... > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/epistemology/-/TfZL40XumHwJ. To post to this group, send email to epistemology@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to epistemology+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
