Main Site and Mirror Sites

Theory and History of Ontology, created April 13, 2000 at the address www.formalontology.it, moved August 13th 2010 to a new address: www.ontology.co; a mobile version is available when the screen resolution is less than 480 x 500 pixels.

The site contains 276 pages ("History of Logic" 73 pages) and the two sites had more than 15,000 bibliographic references; they are best viewed with a recent version of one of the following browsers: Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Maxthon, Opera, Safari, UC Browser.

Please note that only Internet Explorer version 11 is supported by Microsoft after January 12, 2016.

There are two sections, currently under development, for Italian and French readers (see Pages in Language other than English), that will contain bibliographical information and references to works published in these languages.

Ebook and PDF version: Theory and History of Ontology - ebook version (the entire website can be downloaded in .epub or .mobi format, or as a searchable PDF file)

For readers with older browsers another website with an easier menu is available:

• Theory and History of Ontology. Mirror Site

 

These fonts are used:

For the text and the words in ancient Greek: Georgia (Windows, Apple Mac, Linux);

For the transliteration of Arabic terms: Arial MS Unicode (Windows, Apple Mac, Linux).

For the logical symbols: Lucida Sans Unicode (Windows); Lucida Grande (Apple Mac); Lucida Sans or DejaVu Sans Condensed (Linux);

If you need to download one of these fonts use these links:

• Georgia
• Arial MS Unicode
• Lucida Sans Unicode

If you want to cite or link a page of my site please use the address: www.ontology.co

 

• Theory and History of Ontology
• History of Logic from Aristotle to Gödel
• Bibliographia. Annotated bibliographies

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