Spatial Ontology: A Geographical Information Point of View
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TL;DR
The ancient philosophical discipline of ontology has been rediscovered for the purposes of artificial intelligence and the importance of fixing exactly what is at the base of the things one talks about and of specifying how the different terms interact becomes evident.
Abstract
The ancient philosophical discipline of ontology has been rediscovered for the purposes of artificial intelligence (Hayes, 1978; Hayes, 1985b). The importance of fixing exactly what is at the base of the things one talks about and of specifying how the different terms interact becomes evident when one attempts in a serious fashion to construct models of the real world. Above all, because in natural language different points of view are brought to bear, confusion and incompatibility can arise.