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ontology

ontology Ontology is the branch of philosophy concerned with reality or being in its most basic and ultimate sense.

Ontology is the branch of philosophy concerned with reality or being in its most basic and ultimate sense. In historical usage, it shifted from meaning a general theory of being to, in more critical thought, the study of reality as it can be known, in contrast with the study of knowing itself.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Ontology” (Ontology).
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