ontology in Russian

ontology in Russian

What does "ontology" mean?

1. noun The area of philosophy that looks at what it means for something to exist.
2. noun The particular set of things that a theory or view treats as real, and how they relate to one another.
   "Research centered on ontology and security argues that the far-right utilizes cultural anxieties to recruit members of dominant cultures within a society who feel left behind in some way."
3. noun One thinker's or school's account of the basic kinds of thing that exist.
   "The answer to the controversial question of whether Aristotle's ontology includes non-substantial particulars, then, is that it does."
4. noun A formal logical system based on a theory of classes, created by Stanisław Leśniewski (1886–1939).

ontology in a sentence

• Research centered on ontology and security argues that the far-right utilizes cultural anxieties to recruit members of dominant cultures within a society who feel left behind in some way.
• The answer to the controversial question of whether Aristotle's ontology includes non-substantial particulars, then, is that it does.

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