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Dec 8, 2023 · Introduction: A Working Definition. Ontology is the theory of objects and their ties. It provides criteria for distinguishing different types of objects (concrete and abstract, existent and nonexistent, real and ideal, independent and dependent) and their ties (relations, dependencies and predication).
Abstract. “Ontology” is a philosophical discipline, a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and the organization of being. The term “Ontology” has been introduced by Aristotle in Metaphysics, IV, 1. In the context of research on “Ontology”, philosophers try to answer questions “what being is?” and “what are the ...
Aug 17, 2022 · Natural language ontology is a sub-discipline of both philosophy and linguistics, more specifically, of metaphysics and natural language semantics. It was recognized as a separate field of study relatively recently, through the development of natural language semantics over the last decades.
