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Type of Document Dissertation Author Compton, Bradley Wendell Author's Email Address bwc9865@fsu.edu URN etd-07132009-125543 Title The Domain Shared by Computational and Digital Ontology: a Phenomenological Exploration and Analysis Degree Doctor of Philosophy Department Library and Information Studies, School of Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Kathleen Burnett Committee Chair Gary Burnett Committee Member Wayne Wiegand Committee Member Russell Dancy Outside Committee Member Keywords
- Ontology
- Phenomenology
- Cyberspace
- Digital Representation
- Classification
- User-centered
- Naturalism
- Philosophy of Information
Date of Defense 2009-04-22 Availability unrestricted Abstract The purpose of this dissertation is to explore and analyze a domain of research thought to be shared by two areas of philosophy: computational and digital ontology. Computational ontology is philosophy used to develop information systems also called computational ontologies. Digital ontology is philosophy dealing with our understanding of Being and human existence in terms of the digital. While computational ontology accounts for reality as that which is disclosed to us by natural science—reality independent of human experience—digital ontology always begins with and refers back to the human being in its analysis of Being. The methodology in this dissertation is phenomenology. Both computational and digital ontology are represented using instrumental case studies. The findings consist of essential components shared by computational and digital ontology, the modes in which they appear, and philosophical questions to explore in future research. Ultimately, this dissertation concludes that there is a domain shared by computational and digital ontology in spite of some fundamental differences between the two.Files
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