Ontology
Ontology is a branch of philosophy that studies the nature and existence of things, focusing on what exists and how these things are grouped and linked. It's a part of metaphysics, dealing with questions about different kinds of entities and their relationships, helping to understand reality's structure. This study influences how we perceive the universe and affects other branches of philosophy, such as epistemics, economics, ethics, and esthetics. Ontology is also used in fields like computer science, where it refers to organizing concepts and their connections within a particular area.
This is a list of articles that Lincoln Cannon has written about ontology. A full archive of all articles that Lincoln has published since 2005 is also available. You may also search for articles and other content that's available on any of Lincoln's websites.
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What Is True and Good?
Consequent to discussion about epistemology at a meetup of the Mormon Transhumanist Association, a friend asked me to remind her ...
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Why Are We Not Already Gods?
My friend asks “why we are not Gods yet?” Or, to use secular language, why aren’t we already superintelligence? “We ...
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What Is Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness?
Few use consistent coherent vocabulary to talk about AI. In particular, we tend to be careless or ignorant about important ...
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Decentralization of God
In the Apocalypse, we read that Christ offers us a crown, and invites us to sit together on the throne ...
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Ethics as Dimensions of Desire
You and I begin with desires, physical and spiritual, that we seek to fulfill as the purpose of our respective ...
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Mormon Bodies and Mind Uploading
Mormonism is relatively unique among world religions in its regard for bodies. Where most major religions consider bodies to be ...
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God is Superintelligent Posthumanity
I often position Mormon theology in terms of “superintelligent posthumanity”. This provides a bridge of understanding between Transhumanism and Mormonism. ...
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Mormon Ontology of God and Synthesis in Superhumanity
Stop a Mormon on the street, and ask her to describe God. She might say something like, “God is our ...
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Ontological Matrices
These matrices help me visualize categories, or relations between key concepts, as I understand and use them in my writing. ...
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Bednar Suggests Spirit is Information
At a recent LDS Church meeting for young adults, Elder David A Bednar commented on technology, and implied that spirit ...
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Integrating Symbol Systems, Software, and Ideologies
Professionally, I’m a software engineering manager, and the area in which I’ve done the most work is systems integration, particularly ...
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Fashion of the Gods
The day will come that we adorn ourselves epistemically as today we do esthetically. We are already learning to do ...