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ontology

/on-tol-uh-jee/US // ɒnˈtɒl ə dʒi //UK // (ɒnˈtɒlədʒɪ) //

本体论,本体

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
    • : metaphysics.

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Examples

  • Legal personhood, ontology, and the nitty gritty of governance.

  • But on the relative plane, Zen is this-worldly and does not deny ethics, or ontology for that matter.

  • Materialism is for him a variety of ontology, involving the assumption that we know the essence of matter.

  • It is also distinguished from ontology, which investigates real existence or the theory of being.

  • Plato, therefore, took this vast stride of thought, and identified the ultimate notions of ethics and ontology.

  • It has only secondary forms of suggestion and support—the precarious evidence from special theorizing in ontology and metaphysics.

  • Ontology, now, is certainly not a fit subject for the consideration of the female mind.