ontological statement

English translation: the statement deals with the nature of being

15:52 Apr 28, 2005

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Philosophy / philosophy

English term or phrase: ontological statement

what does it mean to describe a statement as "ontological"?
(sorry this is more of a philosophy question)

Carol C.W. CHUNG KudoZ activity Questions: 228 (4 open) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 69
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Selected answer:the statement deals with the nature of being

Explanation:
:)

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Clauwolf
Local time: 00:33

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5 +5

pertaining to the branch of metaphysics which is concerned...

RINA LINGUISTIC SERVICES, Katarina Radojevic- Mitrovic

3 +5

the statement deals with the nature of being

Clauwolf

4 +4

this makes it clear, I think

Alexander Demyanov

3 +4

a statement which is related to the basis of everything what exists

Kirill Semenov

5 +1

a statement pertaining to ontology

Ali Beikian

4 +1

Quite likely, just a statement that something exists or does not exist.

Richard Benham

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

the statement deals with the nature of being

Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 00:33
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

this makes it clear, I think

Explanation:
http://www.objectsspace.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Ontology

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

a statement which is related to the basis of everything what exists

Explanation:
Ontology (Ancient Greek: onto -- being, existence; logos -- word, a science) is a philosophical science about the being, the existance of everything what exist.

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http://www.answers.com/ontology

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Note added at 9 mins (2005-04-28 16:02:25 GMT)
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Greek \"ontos\", sorry for a typo

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 06:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

pertaining to the branch of metaphysics which is concerned...

Explanation:
which is concerned with existance and the nature of being
I am not sure what you do not understand. Please, be more precise.

RINA LINGUISTIC SERVICES, Katarina Radojevic- Mitrovic
Serbia
Local time: 05:33
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Serbian,

Serbo-Croat

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

a statement pertaining to ontology

Explanation:
In philosophy, ontology (from the Greek ïí = being and ëüãïò = word/speech) is the most fundamental branch of metaphysics. It studies being or existence as well as the basic categories thereof --trying to find out what entities and what types of entities exist. Ontology has strong implications for the conceptions of reality.

Examples of ontological questions include:

What is existence?
What are physical objects?
What are the essential, as opposed to merely accidental, attributes of a given object?
What constitutes the Identity of an object?
Can one give an account of what it means to say that a physical object exists?
What are an object's properties or relations and how are they related to the object itself?
Is existence a property?
When does an object go out of existence, as opposed to merely changing?
Why does something exist rather than nothing?

Prominent ontologists:
Aristotle
Martin Heidegger
Edmund Husserl
Gottfried Leibniz
Parmenides
Plato
W. V. Quine
Ludwig Wittgenstein

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology

Ali Beikian
Iran
Local time: 07:03
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Quite likely, just a statement that something exists or does not exist.

Explanation:
It is true that ontology is concerned with the "nature of being" or some such gobbledegook, but very often, when philosophers talk about "ontology", they are just referring to a theory as to what exists: e.g., "There is no room for propositions in Quine's ontology" could be more simply phrased as "Quine held that propositions don't exist". (In the end, sets were about the only thing that existed for Quine, but that's another story.) Anyway, in everyday philosophical discussions, if I hear the expression "ontological statement", I assume that it refers to a statement about what exists (or doesn't exist), rather than a statement about ontology.

Richard Benham
France
Local time: 05:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

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