- In metaphysics,
ontology is the
philosophical study of being. It
investigates what
types of
entities exist, how they are
grouped into categories, and how...
- An
ontological argument is a
philosophical argument, made from an
ontological basis, that is
advanced in
support of the
existence of God. Such arguments...
- In
information science, an
ontology encomp****es a representation,
formal naming, and
definitions of the categories, properties, and
relations between the...
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process ontology refers to a
universal model of the
structure of the
world as an
ordered wholeness. Such
ontologies are
fundamental ontologies, in contrast...
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Applied ontology can
involve the
practical application of
ontological resources to
specific domains, such as management, relationships, biomedicine, information...
- The
ontological turn is an
increased interest in
ontology within a
number of
philosophical and
academic disciplines during the
early 2000s. The ontological...
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computer science and
artificial intelligence,
ontology languages are
formal languages used to
construct ontologies. They
allow the
encoding of
knowledge about...
- An
ontological commitment of a
language is one or more
objects postulated to
exist by that language. The 'existence'
referred to need not be 'real', but...
- The Gene
Ontology (GO) is a
major bioinformatics initiative to
unify the
representation of gene and gene
product attributes across all species. More specifically...
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Social ontology is a
branch of
ontology.
Ontology is the
philosophical study of
being and existence;
social ontology, specifically,
examines the social...