Ontology
1Ontology — • An article on the science of being Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ontology Ontology † …
2Ontology — On*tol o*gy, n. [Gr. ? the things which exist (pl.neut. of ?, ?, being, p. pr. of ? to be) + logy: cf. F. ontologie.] 1. That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and… …
3ontology — (n.) metaphysical science or study of being, 1660s (Gideon Harvey), from Mod.L. ontologia (c.1600), from ONTO (Cf. onto ) + LOGY (Cf. logy) …
4ontology — Ontology is the branch of metaphysics that studies what exists. The key ontological questions for Christian philosophers, apart from the existence of God, concern the existence of the soul, and the existence of immaterial beings, such as… …
5ontology — ► NOUN Philosophy ▪ the branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature of being. DERIVATIVES ontological adjective ontologist noun …
6ontology — [än täl′ə jē] n. [ModL ontologia: see ONTO & LOGY] 1. the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being, reality, or ultimate substance: cf. PHENOMENOLOGY 2. pl. ontologies a particular theory about being or reality ontological [än΄tə… …
7Ontology — This article concerns ontology in philosophy. For the concept in information science, see Ontology (information science). Not to be confused with the medical concepts of oncology and odontology, or indeed ontogeny. Parmenides was among the first… …
8ontology — ontological /on tl oj i keuhl/, ontologic, ontologistic /on tol euh jis tik/, adj. ontologist, n. /on tol euh jee/, n. 1. the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such. 2. (loosely) metaphysics. [1715 25; < NL… …
9ontology — by Constantin V.Boundas For Deleuze, philosophy is ontology. In this sense, he is one of only two philosophers (the other being Emmanuel Lévinas) of the generation we call poststructuralists not to demur in the face of ontology and… …
10ontology — by Constantin V.Boundas For Deleuze, philosophy is ontology. In this sense, he is one of only two philosophers (the other being Emmanuel Lévinas) of the generation we call poststructuralists not to demur in the face of ontology and… …
