We propose a novel ontological analysis of relations and relationships based on a re-
visitation of a classic problem in the practice of knowledge representation and conceptual …

Dreamers may envision our future, but it is the pragmatists who build it. Solve the right
problem in the right way, mankind moves forward. Solve the right problem in the wrong way …

We present in this paper a novel ontological theory of events whose central tenet is the
Aristotelian distinction between the object that changes and the actual subject of change …

Events are center stage in several fields of psychological research. There is a long tradition
in the study of event perception, event recognition, event memory, event conceptualization …

This book sheds light on the most philosophically interesting of contemporary objects: the
cell phone.“Where are you?”—a question asked over cell phones myriad times each day—is …

Abstract In his celebrated Romanes Lecture of 1907, George Curzon of Kedleston—former
British Viceroy of India under Queen Victoria and King Edward VII and future Secretary for …

When integration results in an ostensibly “stable” configuration of objects and process, an
artifactual or natural object is produced. The conditions of static stability, adaptive stability, or …

Abstract Space, time, objects, and events are fundamental concepts in ontologies. For
substantivalists that believe entities are located at regions (space or spacetime), a key issue …

Nesta tese, avaliamos a afirmação de Davidson (1967) de que a anáfora de eventos e a
anáfora de objetos ordinários lançam mão dos mesmos recursos linguísticos. Davidson usa …

Agradeço inicialmente ao professor Ilari por ter aceitado ir comigo até o fim deste e de
outros trabalhos. Sem a sua leitura cuidadosa, detalhada, sem suas perguntas instigantes …