Social ontology investigates the fundamental structures—roles, norms and institutions—that constitute collective life, while economic theory dynamics examines how these structures evolve and interact ...

The PhD in Applied Ontology at the University at Buffalo prepares you to conduct original research at the intersection of philosophy, information science and emerging technologies. Available fully ...

Abstract The shift to a society organized around digital data has come with significant—although sometimes still underappreciated—implications for psychological research. In p ...

Scientific ontologies are systems and/or knowledge structures that specify concepts of science with agreed-upon labels and definitions and provide a framework for complex relationships among the ...

The field of ontology of fictional entities investigates the metaphysical and semantic status of characters, objects and worlds that arise within works of fiction. Scholars debate whether fictional ...

Applied ontology studies how we define, structure and connect concepts so that people and systems understand information in the same way. Rooted in philosophy, it brings abstract thinking into ...