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Full Idea
Ontology sets out an even more abstract model of how the world is than theoretical physics, a model that has placeholders for scientific results and excluders for tempting confusions.
Gist of Idea
Ontology is highly abstract physics, containing placeholders and exclusions
Source
C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 04.6)
Book Ref
Martin,C.B.: 'The Mind in Nature' [OUP 2008], p.42
A Reaction
Most modern metaphysicians accept this account. The interesting (mildly!) question is whether physicists will accept it. If the metaphysics is really rooted in physics, a metaphysical physicist is better placed than a metaphysician knowing some physics.