Ontology, History Of The term ontologia was coined by scholastic writers in the seventeenth century. Rudolf Goclenius, who mentioned the word in 1636, may have been the first user, but the term was such a natural Latin coinage and began to appear so...

ONTOLOGY. The word ontology, meaning "discourse about, or study of, being," was introduced into the philosophical vocabulary in the early seventeenth century. The term was originally used as an equivalent for "metaphysics,"...

1. The philosophical study of existence. 2. The assumptions about existence underlying any conceptual scheme or and theory or system of...

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Ontology is a study of conceptions of reality and the nature of being. In philosophy, ontology (from the Greek nominative ὤν: being, genitive ὄντος: of being (participle of εἶναι: to be) and -λογία: science, study, theory) is the...

Oaklander, L. Nathan. The Ontology of Time. Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 2004. 366 pp. $30. Just why this book by Nathan Oaklander, a philosopher, should have been sent to a journalism publication for review is puzzling. It is a scholarly and close look...

Bodies are important to feminist theory, yet the question of which bodies matter should be the center of feminist political theory when addressing women's subordination. This can be seen through ontological and performative contexts. The ontological position takes the form of Replying Elsewhere, while...

Worldwide users are just getting familiar with the concept of Web 2.0, through which they can collaborate and share Internet content.Yet some technologists already are discussing the dawn of an era known as Web 3.0.Some experts think Web 3.0 may be the best way to...

Having excused myself from getting involved in all things humanly romantic for the last few years, I have woken up recently missing even its worst aspects. Without the benefit of a ready-made pool of possibilities, however (we aren't in graduate school anymore, I tell myself,...