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▸ noun: (uncountable, philosophy) In a subject view, or a world view, the set of conceptual or material things or classes of things that are recognised as existing, or are assumed to exist in context, and their interrelations; in a body of theory, the ontology comprises the domain of discourse, the things that are defined as existing, together with whatever emerges from their mutual implications.
▸ noun: (countable, philosophy) The theory of a particular philosopher or school of thought concerning the fundamental types of entity in the universe.
▸ noun: (logic) A logical system involving theory of classes, developed by Stanislaw Lesniewski (1886-1939).
▸ noun: (countable, computer science, information science) A structure of concepts or entities within a domain, organized by relationships; a system model.
Similar:
metaphysics,
metaphysicks,
noumenology,
ontosophy,
metametaphysics,
metaontology,
ontotheology,
gnoseology,
ontonomy,
taxonomy,
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fundamental,
social,
formal,
phenomenological,
general,
traditional,
common,
basic,
critical,
implicit,
relational
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