In, Out, Shake-it-all about... I need a methodology and/or software application (for analyzing differing input, storage and output concepts) that I can hand on a silver-platter to my analysts... [more inside]
posted by blue_wardrobe on Sep 1, 2009 - 5 answers

Is there a description language for defining accessibility features of a location? [more inside]
posted by bleary on Feb 8, 2009 - 1 answer

The phenomenology / ontology of text: has anyone examined this issue directly in philosophical, literary and/or critical terms? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Sep 18, 2008 - 26 answers

What are the 1s and 0s of computers? I.e., in what sense is it true (and in what sense is it false) to say that there are 1s and 0s in computers? [more inside]
posted by Eiwalker on Jan 25, 2008 - 32 answers

I need help putting together reading material for a philosophy course. [more inside]
posted by oddman on Jul 11, 2007 - 29 answers

How do I organise my college course modules into one cohesive format? [more inside]
posted by ajp on Feb 13, 2007 - 6 answers

Ontology Filter: Give me a name for a category of things that I'm using in a system. [more inside]
posted by Deathalicious on Nov 12, 2006 - 15 answers

Are the terms ontology, taxonomy, and folksonomy interchangeable? [more inside]
posted by nramsey on Dec 18, 2005 - 17 answers

Philosophy 101: What is 'ontology'? For a while now I've been using the word ontology to mean an unspoken and taken-for-granted theory of the world. I've used it as a kind of opposite to epistemology, and congruent with the distinction (in my mind at least) between tacit and explicit. Last year I was mugged by some philosophers who said that I just could not do that. Am I right? Am I wrong? Useful resources? Help! [more inside]
posted by carter on Mar 14, 2005 - 22 answers