Jakub Gomułka: The Subject branch of Wittgenstein ontology: the content of the Tractatus
This February, the Wittgenstein Archives is delighted to welcome two additional guest researchers, Tim Grasshöfer from the University of Dortmund and Jakub Gomułka from the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. They join Filippo Mosca from the Tor Vergata University of Rome who has been with us since August 2023 and will continue his stay until April 2024. In association with their visits, the Wittgenstein Archives and the Department’s Philosophy and Text Technology group will host a series of talks by our visitors. The first talk, presented by Jakub Gomułka, is scheduled for this Thursday, February 8, from 13:15 to 15:00. A second talk by Jakub Gomułka will follow on Friday, February 16, also from 13:15 to 15:00. Details regarding the title, abstract, and location of the first talk of February 8 talk can be found below.
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Jakub Gomułka: The Subject branch of Wittgenstein ontology: the content of the Tractatus:
Building upon concepts presented in 2023 (see References below), I am working on filling the Wittgenstein ontology Subject class branch with philosophical content. To be more precise, my goal is to develop an RDF representation of the subject matter of the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I will present both the general approach to this work and some actual results: parts of the Tractatus translated into RDF triples. I will also demonstrate the workflow and tools I developed to accomplish this task.
What is the purpose of creating a knowledge graph for the philosophical content of Wittgenstein's Tractatus? Indeed, without a practical application, all the effort would be futile. I will demonstrate how my knowledge graph could serve as the foundation of a larger system, enabling users to query Tractarian philosophy in natural language and receive accurate and detailed responses.
I would like to underline that all my ideas are still very provisional and amenable to changes. I am open to any critical remarks and suggestions.
References:
J. Gomułka (2023). Artificial Intelligence applied to philosophy: a contribution to the Wittgenstein Ontology project. Ethos, vol. 36 no. 3, pp. 207–234
J. Gomułka (2023). Towards a computational ontology for the philosophy of Wittgenstein: representing aspects of the Tractarian philosophy of mathematics. Analiza i Egzystencja, vol. 63, pp. 27–54, link: https://wnus.usz.edu.pl/aie/en/issue/1246/article/19835/