PP-2008-20: Schärfe, Henrik and Uckelman, Sara L. (2008) Jacob Lorhard's ontology: a 17th century hypertext on the reality and temporality of the world of intelligibles. [Report]
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Abstract. Jacob Lorhard published his ontology in 1606. In this work
the term ontologia 'ontology' was used for the first time ever. In
this paper, it is argued that Lorhard's ontology provides a useful key
to the understanding of the early 17th-century world view in
Protestant Europe. Among other things, Lorhard's ontology reflects how
the relations between scientific investigation and religious belief
were seen. It is also argued that several of the conceptual choices
which Lorhard made in order to establish his ontology may still be
relevant for modern makers of ontological systems. In particular,
Lorhard's considerations on the notions of reality and time deserve
modern reflections. Also his assumption of the educational value of
diagrammatical ontology deserves a modern discussion. Along with this
paper an online hypertext version of Lorhard's ontology has been
presented in order to create a useful tool for historical research in
early 17th-century thought and in order to illustrate the problems,
which characterized the early attempt at establishing a diagrammatical
approach to ontology.
| Item Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Report Nr: | PP-2008-20 |
| Series Name: | Prepublication (PP) Series |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | ontology; hypertext; time; reality; intelligible |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2016 14:36 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2016 14:36 |
| URI: | https://eprints.illc.uva.nl/id/eprint/294 |
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