ontological
[on-tl-oj-i-kuh l]
- of or relating to ontology, the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such; metaphysical: Some of the U.S. founders held an ontological belief in natural rights.
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Sometimes on·to·log·ic, on·tol·o·gis·tic.
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Contemporary Examples of ontological
Corporate personhood is a legal fiction, not an ontological or soteriological fact.
Historical Examples of ontological
The Ontological Argument has been presented in different forms.
Was Man Created?Henry A. Mott
There is a type of realism which illustrates the opposite or ontological method.
John Dewey's logical theoryDelton Thomas Howard
What is the ontological relationship between these three factors?
Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist.
Putnam's Word BookLouis A. Flemming
The first is the physico-theological argument, the second the cosmological, the third the ontological.
The Critique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant
Word Origin and History for ontological
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