Update Principles for definitions: authored by Meisam Booshehri's avatar Meisam Booshehri
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"An ontology is a semantic artifact—it has to do with regimenting terms in such a way that they will be associated with specific meanings, and for this purpose the ontology must provide definitions."
**2."Use Aristotelian definitions."**
An Aristotelian definition follows this form: **S = def. a G that Ds**,
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- human = def. an animal that is rational
**3."Use essential features in defining terms."**
**4."Avoid circularity in defining terms."**
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