Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Title
An Ontology of Ideas
Department
Philosophy Department
College
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Date Range
2014-2015
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
Philosophers often talk about and engage with ideas. Scientists, artists, and historians do, too. So does practically everyone else. But what is an idea? In this paper, we develop and motivate an ontology of ideas that satisfies various platitudes associated with the idea of ideas, and does so within an ontologically parsimonious framework. We then go on to discuss some nuances of the account, focusing particularly on the individuation and survival conditions of ideas.
Conference Name
Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association
Conference Location
Philadelphia, PA
ScholarWorks Citation
Cray, Wesley and Schroeder, Timothy, "An Ontology of Ideas" (2015). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 630.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/630
