Ontology Definition

ŏn-tŏlə-jē
ontologies
noun
The branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being, reality, or ultimate substance.
Webster's New World
A particular theory about being or reality.
Webster's New World

(computer science, information science) A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.

Wiktionary
(logic) A logical system involving theory of classes, developed by Stanislaw Lesniewski (1886-1939).
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Synonyms:
  • the nature of being
  • philosophy of existence
  • cosmology

Other Word Forms of Ontology

Noun

Singular:
ontology
Plural:
ontologies

Origin of Ontology

  • First known English use 1663: Archelogia philosophica nova; or, New principles of Philosophy. Containing Philosophy in general, Metaphysicks or Ontology, Dynamilogy or a Discourse of Power, Religio Philosophi or Natural Theology, Physicks or Natural philosophy, by Gideon Harvey (1636/7-1702), London, Thomson, 1663.

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  • Originally Latin ontologia (1606, Ogdoas Scholastica, by Jacob Lorhard (Lorhardus)), from Ancient Greek ὤν (ōn, “on"), present participle of εἰμί (eimi, “being, existing, essence") + λόγος (logos, “account").

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  • Popularized as a philosophical term by German philosopher Christian Wolff (1679-1754).

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Ontology Sentence Examples

  • As we advance from the logic to the metaphysics and from that to his ontology, it becomes clear that the concepts are only " categories " or predicates of a reality lying outside of them, and there is an ultimate division between the world as the object or matter of thought and the thinking or moving principle which gives its life.

  • Hamilton, both of which in the view of Cousin are limited to psychology, and merely relative or phenomenal knowledge, and issue in scepticism so far as the great realities of ontology are concerned.

  • Not just beliefs change, but also the underlying ontology.

  • Maybe data mining really should only be done within the context of a clearly defined ontology of metadata.

  • The workflow construction process itself is driven by task ontology so as to guarantee that the resulting workflow instances are enriched with consistent semantics.

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Words Starting With

OONONT

Words Ending With

YGYOGY

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