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Universals and particulars: Readings in ontology

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The article was published on 1977-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 26 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ontology (information science) & Problem of universals.

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Foundational Choices in DOLCE

TL;DR: Foundational ontologies are ontologies that have a large scope, can be highly reusable in different modeling scenarios, are philosophically and conceptually well founded, and are semantically transparent.
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Ontological Foundations of dolce

TL;DR: dolce, the Descriptive Ontology for Linguistic and Cognitive Engineering, is a foundational ontology developed embracing a pluralist perspective: there cannot be a unique standard or universal ontology for knowledge representation.
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New Contributions to the Philosophy of History

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TL;DR: The involution debate is a major theme in the history of technology, as well as in the literature on human evolution and the role of technology in society.

Three Roles of Conceptual Models in Information System Design and Use

TL;DR: This paper attempts to draw together results from information systems research, linguistic theory, and methodology in order to present a unified framework in which to understand conceptual models.
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Steps towards a method for the formal modeling of dynamic objects

TL;DR: Fragments of a method to formally specify object-oriented models of a universe of discourse are presented, and for each of the subtasks heuristics are given that can aid the analyst in deciding how to represent a particular aspect of the real world.