Full Idea
The principles of pure philosophical ontology are indistinguishable ... from the conceptual foundations of logic.
Gist of Idea
Ontology is the same as the conceptual foundations of logic
Source
Dale Jacquette (Ontology [2002], Pref)
Book Reference
Jacquette,Dale: 'Ontology' [Acumen 2002], p.-3
A Reaction
I would take Russell to be an originator of this view. If the young Wittgenstein showed that the foundations of logic are simply conventional (truth tables), this seems to make ontology conventional too, which sounds very odd indeed (to me).