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This Element shows different accounts of ontological forms in literature. It shows a character-neutral relational account and shows metatheory is useful for understanding categorial fundamentality/non-fundamentality, different formal ontologies, and unifying metaphysical questions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction: against fantology; 2. A very short history of formal ontology; 3. Contemporary formal ontology; 4. Our metatheory of formal ontology; 5. What can we do with our metatheory?; 6. Conclusion; References.

Formal Ontology

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/12/2023 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781009069069, 978-1009069069
      ISBN10: 1009069063
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This Element shows different accounts of ontological forms in literature. It shows a character-neutral relational account and shows metatheory is useful for understanding categorial fundamentality/non-fundamentality, different formal ontologies, and unifying metaphysical questions. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction: against fantology; 2. A very short history of formal ontology; 3. Contemporary formal ontology; 4. Our metatheory of formal ontology; 5. What can we do with our metatheory?; 6. Conclusion; References.

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