Dispositions and powers (from metaphysics) are sometimes used for scientific theories/ontologies. Does anyone actually use these analyses to develop applied ontologies? I see it used, e.g., in some analyses of quantum theory.
The only paper I know of on this topic is:
Arp, R. & Smith, B. (2008). Function, role, and disposition in basic formal ontology. In
Proceedings of Bio-Ontologies Workshop (ISMB 2008) (pp. 45–48). Available from
Nature Precedings at:
http://hdl.handle.net/10101/npre.2008.1941.1.
Do you know of others?
Thanks,
Leo
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