Maureen
Donnelly
Fall 2003
PHI
Tues.
3-5:50
Ontology
and Cognition: Spatial Entities and Spatial Relations
The topic
of this course is spatial ontology. We will consider what kinds of spatial
entities there are and what kinds of spatial relations hold among these
entities. We will focus on the following (possible) spatial entities: regions,
holes, and geographical objects.
Besides the
four regular sessions on Tuesday afternoon, we will have two intensive one-day
workshops, one on Sat., August 10 and one on Sat., September 27.
Grading
Grades will
be determined as follows:
40% 30-60 minute
presentation either during the Tuesday sessions or at the Sat. 9/27 workshop.
60% One double-spaced 10-15 page paper, due November 15. Please discuss your paper topic with me by
the end of the 3rd week of class.
Tenative Schedule
Tues, Aug 26 Introduction to spatial ontology
L.
Vieu, 1997, "Spatial Representation and
Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence" in O. Stock ed. Spatial and
Temporal Reasoning,
Sat, Aug 30 Spatial Ontology Workshop,
Suggested
Tues, Sept 2 Space, Places, and Movement
Primary
The Leibniz/Clarke Correspondence, especially
the following passages:
Leibniz's 3th paper
(V): 4, 5
Leibniz's 4th paper (VII): 6, 7, 13, 18, 41
Leibniz's 5th paper (IX): 27-33, 47, 52,
104-106
Secondary
G. Nerlich, 1973, "Hands, Knees, and Absolute Space"
The Journal of
Philosophy 70: 12, 337-351. ftp
L. Sklar, 1974, "Incongruous Counterparts, Intrinsic
Features, and the
Substantiviality of Space" The Journal of
Philosophy 71: 9, 277-290.
ftp
Tues, Sept
9 Holes
Primary
D. Lewis, S.
Lewis, 1970, "Holes", Australasian Journal of
Philosophy 48, 206-212. ftp
R. Casati,
A. Varzi, 1994, Holes and Other Superficialities
MIT Press,
Chapters 1- 4.
Secondary
A. Cohn, D. Randell,
Z. Cui, 1994 "Taxonomies of Logically Defined
Qualitative Spatial Relations"
in N. Guarino, R. Poli, ed.
Formal
Ontology in Conceptual Analysis and
Knowledge Representation
Kluwer. ftp
A. Cohn, "A Hierachical
Representation of Qualitative Shape based
on Connection and Convexity". ftp
Tues Sept
16 Geographical Objects
R. Casati, B. Smith, A. Varzi, 1998
"Ontological Tools for Geographic
Representation"
in N. Guarino ed. Formal Ontology in Information
Systems
M. Donnelly,
B. Smith, 2003 "Layers: A New Approach to Locating
Objects in
Space" presented at COSIT'03. ftp
B. Smith, 2001, "Fiat
Objects" Topoi 20: 131-148. ftp
B.
Smith, L. Zaibert, 2001 "The Metaphysics of Real
Estate" Topoi 20:
161-172. ftp
Sat Sept 27 Student Workshop,