Ontology

basic distinction in philosophy

chant or mantra in Hinduism, and in particular Jnana Yoga and Advaita Vedanta

property of a subject that exists itself or within the subject or property that is not essential or inherent to the subject, respectively

Ontotheology () is the ontology of God and/or the theology of being. While the term was first used by Immanuel Kant, it has only come into broader philosophical parlance with the significance it took for Martin Heidegger's later thought. While, for Heidegger, the term is used to critique the whole tradition of 'Western metaphysics', much recent scholarship has sought to question whether 'ontotheology' developed at a certain point in the metaphysical tradition, with many seeking to equate the development of 'ontotheological' thinking with the development of modernity, and Duns Scotus often bein

quantum physics concepts developed by David Bohm regarding wholeness and non-locality

mental state

Metaontology or meta-ontology is the study of the field of inquiry known as ontology. The goal of meta-ontology is to clarify what ontology is about and how to interpret the meaning of ontological claims. Different meta-ontological theories disagree on what the goal of ontology is and whether a given issue or theory lies within the scope of ontology. There is no universal agreement whether meta-ontology is a separate field of inquiry besides ontology or whether it is just one branch of ontology.

philosophical concept

ontological theory about objecthood in which an object consists only of a collection (bundle) of properties, relations or tropes; originated by Hume

In philosophy, facticity (, ) has multiple meanings — from "factuality" and "contingency" to the intractable conditions of human existence.

Situation with unordinary experiences

linguistic and philosophical concept

an argument showing that classification is not really possible without some sort of bias

philosophical theory in which the flow of time is only a subjective illusion of human consciousness and that the past, present and future are equally real, without ontological privileging of the present

branch of metaphysics

potential mistake in reasoning attributed to René Descartes

Ontologism is a philosophical system most associated with Nicholas Malebranche (1638–1715) which maintains that God and divine ideas are the first object of our intelligence and the intuition of God the first act of our intellectual knowledge. Nicolas Malebranche was a source for many later philosophers of Ontologism such as Antonio Rosmini-Serbati. The Holy Office condemned Ontologism in 1861 as unsafe for teaching (tuto tradi non possunt).

in philosophy: an act of judgement where one term is subsumed under another

Ekam is the Sanskrit for "one, single, solitary" (neuter gender), as a noun meaning "unity". In Hinduism, it refers to a concept of monism akin to that of Brahman in Advaita philosophy and Smarta theology.

Energeticism, also called energism or energetics (), is a superseded theory in science that posits that energy is the ultimate element of physical reality. Energeticism was developed during the end of the 19th century by Wilhelm Ostwald, Georg Helm and Pierre Duhem. It was also promoted by physicist Ernst Mach who opposed atomic theory, though his full commitment to it was sometimes ambiguous. Energetiscism attempted to substitute the hypothesis of atoms and molecules by energy relations.

state of being present

concept in metaphysics

Inherence refers to Empedocles' idea that the qualities of matter come from the relative proportions of each of the four elements entering into a thing. The idea was further developed by Plato and Aristotle.

philosophical question

philosophy terms referring to an observer versus the thing observed

analytic of Dasein’s ontological constitution or being as a grounding of metaphysics

Existentiell and existential are key terms in Martin Heidegger's early philosophy. Existentiell refers to the aspects of the world which are identifiable as particular delimited questions or issues, whereas existential refers to Being as such, which permeates all things, so to speak, and can not be delimited in such a way as to be susceptible to factual knowledge. In general it can be said that "existentiell" refers to a "what", a materially describable reality, whereas "existential" refers to structures inherent in any possible world. In other words, the term "existentiell" refers to an ontic