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Ontology

LC control no.sh 85094833
LC classificationBD300 BD444
Topical headingOntology
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Variant(s)Being
See alsoPhilosophy
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Metaphysics
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Necessity (Philosophy)
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Substance (Philosophy)
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Found inEncyclopedia of Time: Science, Philosophy, Theology, & Culture online, viewed Dec. 21, 2023 (ontology; usually denotes: (a) a philosophical discipline that studies being (entity) as being (entity), that is, being in general; (b) the ontology of a theory: the kind of entities that should exist if the given theory is true. One of the fundamental problems of ontology (particularly in its first meaning) is the question about the relation between being and becoming and thus the question about the place and role of time in the explanation of reality.)