Aurélien Bénel
Where do ‘ontologies’ come from? Seeking for the missing link
Résumé : L'une des possibles matières à discussion entre les architectes du Web et les philosophes repose sur l'utilisation du terme « ontologie ». Tandis que beaucoup d'informaticiens déclarent que leurs ontologies n'ont rien à voir avec le concept philosophique, il faut noter une analogie entre leurs positions et celles du positivisme logique des années 1930. Toutefois, l'élaboration d'une filiation sûre est extrêmement difficile. En effet, dans les documents informatiques, les références bibliographiques relatives aux ontologies conduisent généralement à un court document de 1991. Ainsi, notre article est une « enquête » à la recherche d'une ligne prenant son origine dans les années 1930 et menant à 1991.
Abstract : One of the possible matters for discussion between Web architects and philosophers relies in the use of the term ‘ontology’ by the former. Whether many computer scientists declare that their ‘ontologies’ have nothing to do with the philosophical concept, we must note the analogy between their positions and the positions of the Logical Positivism in the 1930s. However, drawing a guaranteed lineage is extremely difficult. Indeed, in computer science papers, bibliographical references to ontologies usually lead only to a 1991 short paper. Hence, our article is an ‘inquiry’ in search of a chain of descent from the 1930s to 1991.
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AURÉLIEN BÉNEL (2012) «Where do ‘ontologies’ come from? Seeking for the missing link», [En ligne], Volume XVII - n°3 (2012). Coordonné par Christophe Cusimano,
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