1) Branch of metaphysics 2) Information science 3) Metaphysics 4) Metaphysics subject
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That branch of the science of metaphysics that studies immaterial being under the aspect of being, not specifically, but generally. What is immaterial being? What can we say about it?
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Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, or reality, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations. Traditionally listed as a part of the major branch of philosophy known as metaphysics, ontology deals with questions concerning what entities exist or can be said to exist, and how such entities...
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[information science] In computer science and information science, ontologies are used to formally represent knowledge within a domain. An ontology is defined as a formal, explicit specification of a shared conceptualization. It provides a common vocabulary to denote the types, properties and interrelationships of concepts in a domain. Onto...
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science of pure being; the nature of things
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the study of being, aiming to promote silent wonder of the mystery of human existence. One of the four main aspects of philosophy, investigating the essential nature of various kinds of human experience*.
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• (n.) That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, as such, or the principles and causes of being.
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(from the article `Leniewski, Stanisaw`) ...distinctive and original contribution of Leniewski consists in the construction of three interrelated logical systems, to which he gave the names, ... ...he sought to formalize the theory by embedding it within a broader body of logical theory. This theory comprised two parts: protothetic, a l...
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the theory or study of being as such; i.e., of the basic characteristics of all reality. Though the term was first coined in the 17th century, ... [12 related articles]
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Branch of philosophy concerned with the study of being. In the 20th century, the German philosopher Martin
Heidegger distinguished between an `ontological` enquiry (an enquiry into `Being`)...
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On·tol'o·gy noun [ Greek ... the things which exist (pl.neut. of ..., ..., being, present participle of ... to be) +
- logy : confer French
ontologie .] That department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and explains the nature and essential properties and relations of all be...
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— A classification system with nodes or entities, that allows non-hierarchical relationships, in contrast to a taxonomy, which is hierarchical. Taxonomies and ontologies are important in content to help related articles or topics pages. (Also see taxonomy) (Courtesy of Hacks/Hackers Survival Glossary)
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Type: Term Pronunciation: on-tol′ŏ-jē Definitions: 1. A traditional branch of metaphysics that deals with problems of being, existence, inner nature, meaning, etc. It is fundamental to problems involving normality and disease, individuality, responsibility, and the analysis of values. In recent years, it has been slowly assuming a p...
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the study of being, of the ultimate nature of things.
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the study of conceptions of reality, existence and the nature of being.
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In philosophy, ontology is the branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being. Although this can be taken to be the study of what it is for anything to exist at all, as in Heidegger's work, ontological questions are also concerned with what, in particular, exists. Thus our common-sense
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Ontology is the department of the science of metaphysics which investigates and seeks to explain the nature and essential properties and relations of all beings, and the principles and causes of being.
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n] - the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
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ontology, ontological, ontologically, ontologist The philosophical study of the nature of being.
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specification of the concepts of a domain and their relationships, structured to allow computer processing and reasoning. As the nature of the relationships can be specified as part of the ontology, many more types of relationship are possible than in a thesaurus.
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noun the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
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(Gr. on, being + logos, logic) The theory of being qua being. For Aristotle, the First Philosophy, the science of the essence of things. Introduced as a term into philosophy by Wolff. The science of fundamental principles, the doctrine of the categories. Ultimate philosophy; rational cosmology. Syn. with metaphysics. See Cosmology, First Principle....
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The branch of METAPHYSICS which studies the nature of existence. Central questions include: What kinds of objects exist? What is it for something to exist?
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In philosophy, the branch of metaphysics that deals with the notion of Being per se, as opposed to specific instances of it (such as God). Buddhist philosophy is somewhat allergic to the notion of Being in the sense of Western and/or Hindu philosophy, so most of what passes for ontological discourse in other philosophies would be considered unintel...
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the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
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