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Semantics and Metaphysics in Informatics: Toward an Ontology of Tasks
Author(s) -
Figdor Carrie
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
topics in cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.191
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1756-8765
pISSN - 1756-8757
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2011.01133.x
Subject(s) - ontology , upper ontology , computer science , process ontology , cognition , semantics (computer science) , cognitive science , ontology alignment , task (project management) , metaphysics , ontology components , ontology based data integration , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , psychology , epistemology , philosophy , semantic web , programming language , engineering , neuroscience , systems engineering
This article clarifies three principles that should guide the development of any cognitive ontology. First, that an adequate cognitive ontology depends essentially on an adequate task ontology; second, that the goal of developing a cognitive ontology is independent of the goal of finding neural implementations of the processes referred to in the ontology; and third, that cognitive ontologies are neutral regarding the metaphysical relationship between cognitive and neural processes.