Ontological
adjective
Related to ontology, the study of what things exist or can exist and their nature.
He discussed ontological arguments in his philosophy class.
Often appears as...
- ontological argument
- ontological commitment
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Academic
adjective
Related to ontology, the study of what things exist or can exist and their nature.
He discussed ontological arguments in his philosophy class.
Often appears as...
- ontological argument
- ontological commitment
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Philosophical Term
It's a technical term used mainly in philosophical contexts to discuss existence and reality.
The ontological status of abstract concepts remains a subject of debate.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
Ontological often refers to things that aren't physical but involve the essence of being.
His thesis explores the ontological nature of virtual identities.
Pro Tip 3/3Complex Arguments
Ontological arguments can be complex; they often require understanding of abstract reasoning.
She found the ontological debates about artificial intelligence quite challenging.
Pro Tip 1/3Philosophical Term
It's a technical term used mainly in philosophical contexts to discuss existence and reality.
The ontological status of abstract concepts remains a subject of debate.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
Ontological often refers to things that aren't physical but involve the essence of being.
His thesis explores the ontological nature of virtual identities.
Pro Tip 3/3Complex Arguments
Ontological arguments can be complex; they often require understanding of abstract reasoning.
She found the ontological debates about artificial intelligence quite challenging.
Pro Tip 1/3Philosophical Term
It's a technical term used mainly in philosophical contexts to discuss existence and reality.
The ontological status of abstract concepts remains a subject of debate.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
Ontological often refers to things that aren't physical but involve the essence of being.
His thesis explores the ontological nature of virtual identities.
Pro Tip 3/3Complex Arguments
Ontological arguments can be complex; they often require understanding of abstract reasoning.
She found the ontological debates about artificial intelligence quite challenging.
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Jason Silva on Money PIPE...
fascinating thing about this creative act the ontological designing that's taking place here is that everything that we designed designs us back think about that we create this currency and we say this is worth this much once we ascribe that meaning to that then that takes on a life of its own that can
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that it's given us nothing less than an ontological awakening a forceful reckoning with what is allowing us to contemplate space and time on a scale just shy of the infinite and then he talks about the Deep Field photograph and he says gazing upon the deep field is like mainlining the whole of time
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Why does the universe...
The laws have some sort of ontological power or clout that they can form the abyss, that it's pregnant with being. They can call a world into existence out of nothing. But that's a very primitive view of what a physical law is, right? We know that physical laws are actually
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Jason Silva on Money PIPE...
fascinating thing about this creative act the ontological designing that's taking place here is that everything that we designed designs us back think about that we create this currency and we say this is worth this much once we ascribe that meaning to that then that takes on a life of its own that can
Video examples
Expanding your mind with...
that it's given us nothing less than an ontological awakening a forceful reckoning with what is allowing us to contemplate space and time on a scale just shy of the infinite and then he talks about the Deep Field photograph and he says gazing upon the deep field is like mainlining the whole of time
Video examples
Why does the universe...
The laws have some sort of ontological power or clout that they can form the abyss, that it's pregnant with being. They can call a world into existence out of nothing. But that's a very primitive view of what a physical law is, right? We know that physical laws are actually
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Arthur Peacocke
English Theologian
Classical philosophical theism maintained the ontological distinction between God and creative world that is necessary for any genuine theism by conceiving them to be of different substances, with particular attributes predicated of each.
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Joshua Oppenheimer
British Director
I think it's a great pity in the Anglophone world that we conflate cinema verite and Direct Cinema; they're, in fact, ontological opposites. In Direct Cinema, we create a fictional reality with characters and pretend we're not that.
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Kate Forsyth
Australian Author
The storyline of a fantasy novel is filled with such a sense of enchantment, beauty and strangeness; it allows the writer to explore the big ontological questions of life that would sound like a sermon in a social realist novel.
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Paul Watzlawick
Austrian Psychologist
Radical constructivism, thus, is radical because it breaks with convention and develops a theory of knowledge in which knowledge does not reflect an 'objective' ontological reality.
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Lawrence M. Krauss
American Physicist
When it comes to the real operational issues that govern our understanding of physical reality, ontological definitions of classical philosophers are, in my opinion, sterile.
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Antonio Tabucchi
Italian Writer
Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.
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Lou Barlow
American Musician
I don't know what ontological means... I barely graduated high school, and I have never heard that word in conversation.
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Arthur Peacocke
English Theologian
Classical philosophical theism maintained the ontological distinction between God and creative world that is necessary for any genuine theism by conceiving them to be of different substances, with particular attributes predicated of each.
Quote examples
Joshua Oppenheimer
British Director
I think it's a great pity in the Anglophone world that we conflate cinema verite and Direct Cinema; they're, in fact, ontological opposites. In Direct Cinema, we create a fictional reality with characters and pretend we're not that.
Quote examples
Kate Forsyth
Australian Author
The storyline of a fantasy novel is filled with such a sense of enchantment, beauty and strangeness; it allows the writer to explore the big ontological questions of life that would sound like a sermon in a social realist novel.
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Paul Watzlawick
Austrian Psychologist
Radical constructivism, thus, is radical because it breaks with convention and develops a theory of knowledge in which knowledge does not reflect an 'objective' ontological reality.
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Lawrence M. Krauss
American Physicist
When it comes to the real operational issues that govern our understanding of physical reality, ontological definitions of classical philosophers are, in my opinion, sterile.
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Antonio Tabucchi
Italian Writer
Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher.
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Lou Barlow
American Musician
I don't know what ontological means... I barely graduated high school, and I have never heard that word in conversation.
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