ontological
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- adjective
- /ˌɑn.təˈlɑdʒ.ɪ.kəl/
- Specialized
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ontológico
- It's that, you know, ontological questions are questions about what there is.
- ontological status
- ontological significance
- ontological transformation
Anselm did not think of what he was doing as an ontological argument for God's existence.
- Anselm did not think of what he was doing as an ontological argument for God's existence.
- So I think it naturalism could be defined as three theses about the basic ontological sort of makeup of reality.
- I mean, it is the almost what I have this notion I'm working on called ontological nationalism, ontology meaning social reality.
- So, so the question, I mean, I think the ontological question about Cotard syndrome is, was he really dead, right.
- And right along with that, you can inflict upon yourself instability or ontological shock that is incredibly difficult to contend with.
- And he's trying to do that in an ontological way, right?
- He's the sheer active to be he's sheer actuality and he's not competing therefore on the same ontological plane with creatures.
- All of my fundamental ontological assumptions about what isn't isn't possible had been uprooted, had been obliterated.
Examples
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The first and most important problem has to do with the ontological status of the intellect.
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By contrast, ontological arguments don't appeal to any data.
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OK, When we think about consciousness and the great ontological questions, what are those?
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In some contexts, it also includes ontological dimensions such as the nature of reality.
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So, so the question, I mean, I think the ontological question about Cotard syndrome is, was he really dead, right.
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Furthermore, there is a deeper ontological problem concerning the individuality of thinking.
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Think of the New Criticism, the unity of the poem, the discrete ontological object as a unified whole.
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However, if one considers the ontological dimension, the reality of red as truth-as-such transcends time.
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Camus posits that the ontological emptiness of the universe chafes against the intrinsically human desire for metaphysical meaning.
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Philosophers often engage with ontological issues to understand the nature of existence.
Synonyms
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Relating to basic ideas about knowledge, reality, and being
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About the basic nature of reality and things you cannot see or touch
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About the study of big ideas like knowledge, life, and what is real
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ontological comes from the Greek parts ont- meaning 'being' and -logy meaning 'study', the same ending as in biology. So ontological questions are about what 'exists' or what it means to 'be'.