Robert Arp

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Robert Arp works as a Research Associate in the Ontology Research Group through the National Center for Biomedical Ontology, housed at the New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 20, 1970, and grew up in Cicero, Illinois. He specializes in philosophical ontology, philosophy of biology and philosophy of mind and, currently, he is doing research in ontology related to bioinformatics and the biomedical domain with Barry Smith (ontologist).

Contents 1 Selected Publications 1.1 Books 2 External links 3 References

[edit] Selected Publications

[edit] Books

• Scenario Visualization: An Evolutionary Account of Creative Problem Solving (MIT Press, 2008).[1]
• South Park and Philosophy: You Know, I Learned Something Today (Blackwell Publishing, 2006)[2], as editor.
• Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul (John Wiley & Sons/Blackwell, 2008)[3], as co-editor with Mark White.

[edit] External links

• Ontology Research Group Website
• Robert Arp's Webpage
• Various Meanings of 'Ontology'
• Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences Website
• Barry Smith's Website
• Werner Ceusters and the Referent Tracking Unit
• Robert Arp on the Battlestar Wiki

[edit] References

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