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• Diagrams (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/diagrams/
  Article from the encyclopedia edited by Zalta, Nodelman and Allen (Metaphysics Research Lab – Center for the Study of Language and Information – Stanford University).

• Essence, the metaphysical ground of logic and language

  http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/books/philosophy/essence.pdf
  The bankruptcy of logic, the stultification of reason and the meaninglessness of all views, by Colin L. Dean

• Issues of logic, algebra and topology in ontology

  http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.113.1204&rep=rep1&type=pdf
  The interpretation of the symbols involved in a case study of geometric logic, being aided by a presentation of the logic as a sequent calculus.

• Logic and Formal Ontology

  http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/lfo.html
  Essay that begins with an exposition of Husserl's act-based conception of what a science is, and goes on to consider his account of the role of linguistic meanings, of the ontology of scientific objects, and of evidence and truth.

• Logic and Ontology

  http://www.stoqatpul.org/materials/cocchiarellla_logicontology.pdf
  Review of the historical relation between logic and ontology and of the opposition between the views of logic as language and logic as calculus.

• Logical Properties

  http://ndpr.nd.edu/news/23367/?id=1244
  Patricia Blanchette reviews this book by Colin McGinn. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

• Meaning and the Problem of Universals

  http://www.friesian.com/universl.htm
  Subtitled a "Kantian-Friesian approach", an article by Kelley L. Ross. A historical survey of the problem of universals.

• On the Logic of the Ontological Argument

  http://mally.stanford.edu/ontological.pdf
  Article by Paul E. Oppenheimer and Edward N. Zalta which presents a formalization of the ontological argument.

• On the Origins of Analytic Philosophy

  http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/articles/dummett.pdf
  Review of the German and Austrian traditions of post-Kantian philosophy. Austrian philosophy is characterized by a concentration on problems of logic, language and ontology.

• Relating ontology and logic

  http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1171&context=russelljournal
  The thesis of this book is that Russell's work in logic cannot be understood separately from his ontological ideas, here somewhat archaically labeled "metaphysical".

• Semantics and Ontology in Quantified Modal Logic

  http://www.loa.istc.cnr.it/old/Files/StudiaLogica(BorgoMasolo).pdf
  Discussion about how to individuate a single formal system as paradigmatic for a philosophical view, by Stefano Borgo and Claudio Masolo.

• The Philosophy of Bernard Bolzano: Logic and Ontology

  http://www.ontology.co/bolzanob.htm
  A selection of critical judgements on the philosophy of Bernard Bolzano, with a focus on his contributions to logic and ontology.

• The Role of Logic and Ontology in Language and Reasoning

  http://www.jfsowa.com/pubs/rolelog.pdf
  This article analyzes the design of automated systems for reasoning in terms of Peirce’s semiotics and Wittgenstein’s language games.

• To Be and to Belong

  http://www.luventicus.org/transactions/jjluetich/i/2.pdf
  Lecture on the fundamentals of philosophy by Juan José Luetich. Definitions are the undertaking of ontology; confronting definitions engages the field of dialectics; logic completes the circle, acting to obtain new definitions.

• Vagueness, Logic, and Ontology

  http://www.columbia.edu/~av72/papers/Dialogue_2001.pdf
  Article by Achille Varzi about vagueness of boundaries in definitions and categories.

• Why are logic and ontology prior to language?

  http://www.ffst.hr/~berislav/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=whylogic.pdf
  A review on the picture theory and the expressive theory of language and a possible conciliation, by Berislav Žarnić.

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