Ontology



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 实体论, 本体论 ( 对存在本质的研究)
• ［记］ onto ( 存在) +ology -> 研究存在的学说 -> 本体论

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: New Latin ontologia, from ont- + -logia -logy
• Date: circa 1721
• 1. a branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature and relations of being
• 2. a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of things that have existence
• ? ontologist noun

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