Year: 1998
Type: article
Abstract: Mereotopology is today regarded as a major tool for ontological analysis, and for many good reasons.There are, however, a number of open questions that call for an answer.Some of them are philosophical, others have direct import for applications, but all are crucial for a proper assessment of the strengths and limits of mereotopology.This paper is an attempt to put some order into this still untamed area of research.I will not attempt any answers.But I shall try to give an idea of the problems, and of their relevance for the systematic development of formal ontological theories.
Author: Achille C. Varzi
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2166838263