1.The branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of existence or being as such.
2.(loosely) metaphysics.
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But on the relative plane, Zen is this-worldly and does not deny ethics, or ontology for that matter
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Here is a primary step in ontology, but by the path of psychology, that isto say, of observation.
Transcendentalism in New England Octavius Brooks Frothingham -
This is the statement of the Maxim as a formula of ontology.
Aristotle George Grote -
Eudæmonics, as an art, corresponds to the science ‘ ontology.’
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Leslie Stephen -
Associated words: ontology, metaphysics, ontological, ontologist.
Putnam’s Word Book Louis A. Flemming -
The second—that is, ontology —treats most scientifically of beingabstracted from all being (“de ente quatenus ens”).
Letters to Sir William Windham and Mr. Pope Lord Bolingbroke -
In most of the other sutras the burden of thought is ontology.
The Religions of Japan William Elliot Griffis -
His ontology is usually sound, indeed, and his conclusions are for the mostpart just, but not always logically obtained.
Fundamental Philosophy, Vol. I (of 2) Jaime Luciano Balmes -
Apart from ontology, Parmenides reckons all as belonging to humanopinions.
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They become in practice Psychology, ontology and Eclecticism in history.

ontology
noun
(philosophy) the branch of metaphysics that deals with the nature of being
2. (logic) the set of entities presupposed by a theory
ontologically, adverb

