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Full Idea
The word 'ontology' is derived from the Greek word 'ontia', which means 'things which exist'.
Clarification
Ontology is perhaps the main branch of traditional (and much modern) metaphysics
Gist of Idea
'Ontology' means 'study of things which exist'
Source
Keith T. Maslin (Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind [2001], 1.1)
Book Ref
Maslin,Keith: 'An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind' [Polity 2001], p.3
| 3517 | 'Ontology' means 'study of things which exist' [Maslin] |
| 3518 | I'm not the final authority on my understanding of maths [Maslin] |
| 3540 | If we are brains then we never meet each other [Maslin] |
| 3520 | Token-identity removes the explanatory role of the physical [Maslin] |
| 3523 | Shadows are supervenient on their objects, but not reducible [Maslin] |
| 3525 | Strict laws make causation logically necessary [Maslin] |
| 3528 | Causality may require that a law is being followed [Maslin] |
| 3527 | Strict laws allow no exceptions and are part of a closed system [Maslin] |
| 3530 | Denial of purely mental causation will lead to epiphenomenalism [Maslin] |
| 3538 | Analogy to other minds is uncheckable, over-confident and chauvinistic [Maslin] |