Wittgenstein ontology (Work in progress, 2007-), ed. Alois Pichler (Wittgenstein Archives at the University of Bergen (WAB)) in cooperation with Øyvind Liland Gjesdal (University of Bergen Library, Section for Digital Systems). Released under the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC 4.0.
This file can be edited in ontology editors such as Protégé, and installed in Semantic Web applications such as WAB's "Wittgenstein ontology explorer" (http://wab.uib.no/sfb/). For contributors, provenance of data and acknowledgments see WAB's "Semantic faceted search and browsing of the Wittgenstein Nachlass" site (http://wab.uib.no/wab_facets.page/).
Recollection or discussion notes
Part
Part
Nachlass Bemerkung
Bemerkung, subclass of Wittgenstein Primary source: Corresponding roughly to a
single remark in a Wittgenstein primary source, identified by the
Wittgenstein Archives through a “siglum” which is composed of item identifier, page
identifier(s) and position identifier(s). Example of instance: Ts-310,21[2]et22[1]
Primary Source: A primary source for Wittgenstein scholarship, authored or
co-authored by Wittgenstein, or if not by Wittgenstein, referred to by
Wittgenstein.
Primary Source
Point (now called "Claim"), subclass of Subject: A philosophical statement. Example of instance:
Logical analysis is essential to philosophy
Point (Claim)
Calendar entry
Diary
Place
Place, subclass of Subject: A place. Example of instance: Skjolden; Cambridge
Subject: An entity of the Wittgenstein domain that is neither a source nor a person.
Subject
<p style="margin-top: 0">
The text subgenre of a source or part of source. Example of instance: logical notation; secret code
Text subgenre
Language
TS
TS, subclass of Wittgenstein Primary source: A Wittgenstein primary source, typed. Example of instance: Ts-213; Ts-310
External primary source, subclass of Primary source: A primary source for
Wittgenstein scholarship, not authored or co-authored by Wittgenstein, but referred to
in a Wittgenstein primary source. Example of instance: Goethe's Faust; Augustine's
Confessiones
WittgensteinExternalSource
Field
Field, subclass of Subject: A field of philosophical discussion. Has
subclasses: Metaphysics; Epistemology a.o. Example of subclass structure: Field >
Epistemology > Scepticism > Rule-FollowingScepticism
Wittgenstein primary source, subclass of Primary source: A primary source for
Wittgenstein scholarship, authored or co-authored by Wittgenstein.
WittgensteinSource
Chapter, subclass of Wittgenstein Primary Source: A single chapter in a
Wittgenstein primary source. Example of instance: Ts-213,chapter "Verstehen"
Chapter
Letter or postcard
Letter or postcard
Secondary source: A secondary source for Wittgenstein scholarship, not
authored nor co-authored by Wittgenstein, but referring to Wittgenstein. Example of instance: MatarAnat_2009; WallgrenThomas_2008
Secondary Source
Lecture notes
Issue (Concept)
Issue (now called "Concept"), subclass of Subject: A philosophical concept. Example of instance:
philosophy; logical analysis
Sentence, subclass of Wittgenstein Primary Source: A single sentence in a
Wittgenstein primary source. Example of instance: Ts-310,21[2]et22[1]_1;
Ts-310,21[2]et22[1]_2
Sentence
Perspective, subclass of Subject: A philosophical or other contextualizing perspective
Perspective
Person: A historical person. Example of instance:
Plato; Paul Wittgenstein
Person
Source: A primary or secondary source.
Source
Date
Date, subclass of Subject: A date, either day-exact or estimated date span.
Example of instance: 19361105; 19450101-19451231
Subject
MS
MS, subclass of Wittgenstein Primary Source: A Wittgenstein primary source, handwritten. Example of instance: Ms-115; Ms-139a
Work
Work, subclass of Wittgenstein Primary Source: A publication of a Wittgenstein
primary source / of a selection from Wittgenstein primary sources which has become standard and is known as a "work by Wittgenstein". Example of instance: Philosophical Investigations; Culture and Value
isWorkPublishedFrom
isWorkPublishedFrom
isDiscussedIn
isDiscussedIn
language
schedulesMeetingWith
sender
isPartOf
isPartOf
isContra
isContra
refersTo
refersTo
isContainedIn
hasPart
hasPart
isScheduledInMeeting
Discusses
discusses
isDateOf
isDateOf
isArguedAgainstIn
isArguedAgainstIn
receives
hasDate
hasDate
isArguedForIn
isArguedForIn
hasAuthor
hasAuthor
isReferredToIn
isReferredToIn
contains
hasOtherVersion
hasOtherVersion
isPro
isPro
isPublishedInWork
isPublishedInWork
A property for stating that a Bemerkung is or contains a variant of another
Bemerkung.
variant
with
identifier
meeting note
<p style="margin-top: 0">
Is used to point at a wittgensteinsource facs view URI.
has facs view
made after
created
notation
Used as a short name for a resource.
Mathematical notation
maths
logic
Logical notation
en
English
code
Coded text
Graphic
graphics
set
Set
pos
Pos
power
Power
root
Root
Tba.
Tba.
p
Notation [not defined]
notation
Notation [not specified]
music
Musical notation
preface
Preface (parts)
German
de
Latin
la
Russian
ru