Ontology is the theory of objects and their ties. The unfolding of ontology provides criteria for distinguishing various types of objects (concrete and abstract, existent and non-existent, real and ideal, independent and dependent) and their ties (relations, dependences and predication).
- a branch of metaphysics relating to the nature and relations of being
- a particular theory about the nature of being or the kinds of existence
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