Barry Smith

University at Buffalo
National Center for Ontological Research
  • University at Buffalo
    Department of Philosophy
    Biomedical Informatics
    Neurology
    Computer Science and Engineering
    Distinguished Professor, Julian Park Chair
  • National Center for Ontological Research
    Administrator
  • Università della Svizzera Italiana
    Institute of Philosophy (ISFI)
    Visiting Professor (Part-time)
University of Manchester
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1976
APA Eastern Division
CV
Buffalo, New York, United States of America
  •  559
    In the visual representation of ontologies, in particular of part-whole relationships, it is customary to use graph theory as the representational background. We claim here that the standard graph-based approach has a number of limitations, and we propose instead a new representation of part-whole structures for ontologies, and describe the results of experiments designed to show the effectiveness of this new proposal especially as concerns reduction of visual complexity. The proposal is develop…Read more
  •  2
    Meinong, by Rheinhardt Grossmann (review)
    Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 7 (2): 147-148. 1976.
  •  10
    Aufsätze und Vorträge , by Edmund Husserl, edited with supplementary texts by Thomas Nenon and Hans Rainer Sepp (review)
    with Karl Schuhmann
    Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 21 (3): 293-295. 1990.
  •  5
    The Possibility of Transcendental Philosophy, by J. N. Mohanty (review)
    Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 18 (3): 299-301. 1987.
  •  10
    Distanz und Nähe. Reflexionen und Analysen zur Kunst der Gegenwart, eds. Petra Jaeger and Rudolf Lüthe (review)
    Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 16 (3): 320-322. 1985.
  •  274
    No Philosophy. No Transformation. No Theses
    Ethik Und Sozialwissenschaften 3 (4): 571-573. 1992.
    Peer commentary on Herta Nagl-Docekal, “The Feminist Transformation of Philosophy”
  • Philosophy and biomedical information systems
    In Katherine Munn & Barry Smith (eds.), Applied Ontology: An Introduction, Ontos. pp. 21-38. 2008.
  •  699
    John Searle: Od aktów mowy do rzeczywistości społecznej
    Roczniki Filozoficzne 51 (1): 265-292. 2003.
    Polish translation of "John Searle: From Speech Acts to Social Reality", We provide an overview of Searle's contributions to speech act theory and the ontology of social reality, focusing on his theory of constitutive rules. In early versions of this theory, Searle proposed that all such rules have the form 'X counts as Y in context C' formula – as for example when Barack Obama (X) counts as President of the United States (Y) in the context of US political affairs. Crucially, the X and the Y te…Read more
  •  289
    Interdyscyplinarne perspektywy rozwoju, integracji i zastosowań ontologii poznawczych
    with Joanna Hastings, Gwen A. Frishkoff, Mark Jensen, Russell A. Poldrack, Jane Lomax, Anita Bandrowski, Fahim Imam, Jessica A. Turner, and Maryann E. Martone
    Avant: Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies 7 (3): 101-117. 2016.
    We discuss recent progress in the development of cognitive ontologies and summarize three challenges in the coordinated development and application of these resources. Challenge 1 is to adopt a standardized definition for cognitive processes. We describe three possibilities and recommend one that is consistent with the standard view in cognitive and biomedical sciences. Challenge 2 is harmonization. Gaps and conflicts in representation must be resolved so that these resources can be combined for…Read more
  •  297
    VO: Vaccine Ontology
    with Yongqun He, Lindsay Cowell, Alexander D. Diehl, H. L. Mobley, Bjoern Peters, Alan Ruttenberg, Richard H. Scheuermann, Ryan R. Brinkman, Melanie Courtot, Chris Mungall, and Others
    Vaccine research, as well as the development, testing, clinical trials, and commercial uses of vaccines involve complex processes with various biological data that include gene and protein expression, analysis of molecular and cellular interactions, study of tissue and whole body responses, and extensive epidemiological modeling. Although many data resources are available to meet different aspects of vaccine needs, it remains a challenge how we are to standardize vaccine annotation, integrate da…Read more
  •  263
    Referent Tracking of Portions of Reality. Docket No. 1097.015A (USPA 2009055437)
    with Werner Ceusters and Shahid Manzoor
    In Werner Ceusters, Shahid Manzoor & Barry Smith (eds.), Referent Tracking of Portions of Reality. Docket No. 1097.015A (USPA 2009055437), Us Patent Office. 2008.
    Management of information is facilitated by unambiguously tracking portions of reality over time. To track the portions of reality, a referent tracking system is used. The referent tracking system is able to communicate with other tracking systems and/or tradition information systems. Errors in the referent tracking system are detected and corrected to maintain actual representations of the portions of reality.
  •  350
    An improved ontological representation of dendritic cells as a paradigm for all cell types
    with Masci Anna Maria, N. Arighi Cecilia, D. Diehl Alexander, E. Lieberman Anne, Mungall Chris, H. Scheuermann Richard, and G. Cowell Lindsay
    BMC Bioinformatics 10 (1): 70. 2009.
    The Cell Ontology (CL) is designed to provide a standardized representation of cell types for data annotation. Currently, the CL employs multiple is_a relations, defining cell types in terms of histological, functional, and lineage properties, and the majority of definitions are written with sufficient generality to hold across multiple species. This approach limits the CL’s utility for cross-species data integration. To address this problem, we developed a method for the ontological representat…Read more
  •  196
    Satz und Sachverhalt
    with Artur Rojszczak
    Academia Verlag. 2001.
    The dominant theory of judgment in 1870 was one or other variety of combination theory: the act of judgment is an act of combining concepts or ideas in the mind of the judging subject. In the decades to follow a succession of alternative theories arose to address defects in the combination theory, starting with Bolzano’s theory of propositions in themselves, Brentano’s theory of judgment as affirmation or denial of existence, theories distinguishing judgment act from judgment content advanced by…Read more
  •  254
    Review of Die Philosophie Franz Brentanos (review)
    Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 11 194--199. 1980.
  • The benefits of realism: A realist logic with applications
    Applied Ontology. An Introduction 109--124. 2008.
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    The meaning of life
    Mcmaster, Reservation X 31--40. 2000.
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    Towards Interoperability of Biomedical Ontologies - Report Number 07132
    with Mark Musen and Michael Schroeder
    In Musen Mark, A. Schroeder, Michael Smith & Barry (eds.), Towards Interoperability of Biomedical Ontologies, Schloss Dagstuhl: Leibniz-zentrum Für Informatik. 2008.
    The meeting focused on uses of ontologies, with a special focus on spatial ontologies, in addressing the ever increasing needs faced by biology and medicine to cope with ever expanding quantities of data. To provide effective solutions computers need to integrate data deriving from myriad heterogeneous sources by bringing the data together within a single framework. The meeting brought together leaders in the field of what are called "top-level ontologies" to address this issue, and to establish…Read more
  •  1393
    Practical Knowledge: Outlines of a Theory of Traditions and Skills (edited book)
    with J. C. Nyíri
    Croom Helm. 1988.
    A series of papers on different aspects of practical knowledge by Roderick Chisholm, Rudolf Haller, J. C. Nyiri, Eva Picardi, Joachim Schulte Roger Scruton, Barry Smith and Johan Wrede.
  •  332
    Towards an Ontology of Mental Functioning (ICBO Workshop)
    with Janna Hastings, Werner Ceusters, Mark Jensen, and Kevin Mulligan
    In Janna Hastings, Werner Ceusters, Mark Jensen, Kevin Mulligan & Barry Smith (eds.), Proceeedings of the Third International Conference on Biomedical Ontology, . 2012.
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    Philosophy and political change in Eastern Europe (edited book)
    with János Kristóf Nyíri
    Hegeler Institute. 1993.
  •  12
    N. Martin and S. Pollard, Closure spaces and logic (review)
    History and Philosophy of Logic 17 176-177. 1996.
  • David Wiggins, Sameness and Substance (review)
    History and Philosophy of Logic 2 (n/a): 150. 1981.
  • M. A. Notturno, Perspectives on Psychologism (review)
    History and Philosophy of Logic 12 (2): 249. 1991.
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    Liberal Education in a Knowledge Society (edited book)
    Open Court. 2002.
    Liberal education was once governed by a canon, a recognized body of knowledge considered essential for transmission from one generation to the next. These essays examine the plight of modern educational theory in a world trying to cope with information overload without the guidance of a canon. Contributors include Carl Bereiter, Gordon Wells, and James Miller.
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    Controlled and uncontrolled English for ontology editing
    with Brian Donohue, Douglas Kutach, Robert Ganger, Ron Rudnicki, Tien Pham, Geeth de Mel, and Dave Braines
    Semantic Technology for Intelligence, Defense and Security 1523 74-81. 2015.
    Ontologies formally represent reality in a way that limits ambiguity and facilitates automated reasoning and data fusion, but is often daunting to the non-technical user. Thus, many researchers have endeavored to hide the formal syntax and semantics of ontologies behind the constructs of Controlled Natural Languages (CNLs), which retain the formal properties of ontologies while simultaneously presenting that information in a comprehensible natural language format. In this paper, we build upon pr…Read more
  •  241
    Ontology-based integration of medical coding systems and electronic patient records
    with W. Ceusters and G. De Moor
    IFOMIS Reports. 2004.
    In the last two decades we have witnessed considerable efforts directed towards making electronic healthcare records comparable and interoperable through advances in record architectures and (bio)medical terminologies and coding systems. Deep semantic issues in general, and ontology in particular, have received some interest from the research communities. However, with the exception of work on so-called ‘controlled vocabularies’, ontology has thus far played little role in work on standardizatio…Read more