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Tag: ontology
24 items with this tag.
Dec 21, 2025
a biology centered metaphysics lets us handle social systems without resorting to physicalist reductionism
systems
elements-relations
ontology
social-systems
biology
Dec 21, 2025
a connection is a special type of relation that makes a difference
systems
world-of-systems
ontology
relations
connections
Dec 21, 2025
a physics based TOE would add nothing to our understanding of life and human society
systems
elements-relations
ontology
critique
biology
Dec 21, 2025
a systems ontology of problems sees them as emerging from complex situations
systems
elements-relations
ontology
methodology
emergence
Dec 21, 2025
bunge's epistemological hierarchy
systems
elements-relations
ontology
epistemology
Dec 21, 2025
concrete and abstract systems can be viewed ontologically or epistemologically
systems
elements-relations
ontology
epistemology
methodology
Dec 21, 2025
esm should focus on life as intermdiate between domains of matter and mind
systems
elements-relations
ontology
emergence
life
Dec 21, 2025
focusing on emergence emphasizes the sharp question - what questions are necessary and sufficient for life or mind to occur?
elements-relations
emergence
ontology
life
Dec 21, 2025
general theory and general methodology are similar, both involving modeling and characterized by abstract achetypes
elements-relations
methodology
ontology
Dec 21, 2025
incompleteness is the most general explanation for evil
elements-relations
ontology
philosophy
ethics
Dec 21, 2025
meaning is possible because our world is neither totally random nor determined
elements-relations
ontology
philosophy
meaning
Dec 21, 2025
metaphysics provides semantics to bind science and math
elements-relations
ontology
mathematics
philosophy
Dec 21, 2025
no theory specifies how conceptual items combine with concrete ones
systems
world-of-systems
ontology
theory
conceptual
Dec 21, 2025
physics must be displaced by biology as the science most relevant to our worldview
elements-relations
ontology
biology
Dec 21, 2025
systems knowledge is about form and process in general, everything we relate to exemplifies a systems theme
elements-relations
ontology
systems-science
methodology
Dec 21, 2025
the greeks believed principles were real
elements-relations
philosophy
ontology
history
Dec 21, 2025
the most valuable contributions of the systems project are in metaphysical clarifications of problems
elements-relations
ontology
methodology
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
the notion of system is useful because it is general and can be made mathematically exact and linked to scientific theory
elements-relations
ontology
mathematics
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
there are universal structures and processes common to many different types of systems
elements-relations
ontology
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
thermodynamics addresses core systems metaphysics themes - order vs. disorder and system-environment interactions
elements-relations
ontology
thermodynamics
systems-science
Dec 21, 2025
unity of science requires an exact and scientific metaphysics
elements-relations
ontology
methodology
Dec 21, 2025
utility differs from the categories of matter, energy, information in having normative, not just descriptive applications
elements-relations
ontology
information
normativity
Dec 21, 2025
viewing the planet as an organism is limiting
elements-relations
ontology
critique
biology
Dec 21, 2025
we should think of the world in terms of - matter, energy, information, utility along with structure, function and history
elements-relations
ontology
information
systems-science