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 often deals with questions concerning what entities[disambiguation needed] exist or may be said to exist and how such entities may be grouped, related within a hierarchy, and subdivided according to similarities and differences. A very simple definition of ontology is that it is the examination of what is meant, in context, by the word 'thing'.
Subcategories
This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Pages in category "Ontology"
The following 128 pages are in this category, out of 128 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Paradigm classification
- Philosophy of color
- Philosophy of motion
- Philosophy of space and time
- Physical object
- Physicalism
- Pirsig's Metaphysics of Quality
- Plane of immanence
- Polar semiotics
- Political ontology
- Porphyrian tree
- Posthuman
- Posthumanism
- Predication (philosophy)
- Principle
- Progress
- Proposition