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ontological

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Adjective — Relating to ontology — the branch of philosophy concerned with what exists and what it means for something to be.

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Etymology

From Greek "ontos" (being) plus "logos" (study), via the noun ontology.

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What does ontological mean?

Concerning the nature of existence — what kinds of things exist and what it means to say something is real. An ontological claim is about being itself, not about how we know things.

What is the difference between ontological and epistemological?

Ontology asks what exists; epistemology asks how we can know it. "Is there a mind separate from the brain?" is ontological. "How could we ever find out?" is epistemological.

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