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Greetings--I am not sure whether you want any comments from those of us who are listening in on the Bcc, but just in case, concerning the topic "Ontology, Philosophical Perspectives", may I offer the following:
Ideally you would need a lecturer here who is a trained philosopher, and has published widely in philosophical journals (where the methodological standards are a bit different from the journal of Applied Ontology) but is well-familiar with the specific constraints and goals of applied ontology in computer science. The methodological requirements of the two lines of ontology (phil versus cs) are really quite different, and someone like Sider or Mulligan (who did excellent work in phil ontology) might be too remote from the practical context of doing ontology in computer science. However foolish this might sound to you, the philosophical community of ontologists is a bit prejudiced and defensive, so you would need to go for those who are 'explicit sympathizers' with ontology in cs.
For example, (given that Anthony is not available) Niko Strobach is a very good ontologist (phil), very knowledgeable, and he is co-director of IFOMIS--he could sensitively 'mediate' between the two methodological perspectives..
Just a thought, sorry for the intrusion!
best regards,
Johanna
Johanna Seibt
Aarhus University
Institute for Culture and Society
Section for Philosophy and the History of Ideas
Building 1465
Nobelparken
Jens Chr. Skousvej 7
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
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