ontology
[on-tol-uh-jee]
- the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
- (loosely) metaphysics.
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Origin of ontology
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system, thought, outlook, theory, viewpoint, thinking, idea, wisdom, ideology, attitude, truth, doctrine, logic, tenet, reasoning, view, conception, axiom, reason, valuesExamples from the Web for ontology
Contemporary Examples of ontology
But on the relative plane, Zen is this-worldly and does not deny ethics, or ontology for that matter.
Historical Examples of ontology
Eudæmonics, as an art, corresponds to the science 'ontology.'
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.Leslie Stephen
Between the ontology of Parmenides and that of Hegel what a step there is!
Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol I of 2)John Addington Symonds
Ontology is the most comprehensive among all the objective sciences.
AristotleGeorge Grote
This is the statement of the Maxim as a formula of Ontology.
AristotleGeorge Grote
Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist.
Putnam's Word BookLouis A. Flemming
ontology
- philosophy the branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being
- logic the set of entities presupposed by a theory
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