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Ontology

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1.   Apr 29, 2006 7:50 AM

» pink101 - Useage

I've generally used and seen ontology used to mean how things (events) follow in a natural order one after the other.

Is this incorrect useage?

-- posted by pink101

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2.   Apr 30, 2006 7:51 PM

» RLSharp - Useage

In response to Useage posted by pink101:

You may be thinking of how ontology is used in programming circles. A lot of programming languages are 'object-oriented,' meaning that they deal with categories and sub-categories of certain 'events' within the program. In this context, ontology can deal with the relationship between such objects. By extension, in many programs, the word 'ontology' will refer to the relations among sets of instructions.

However, in philosophy, it is more general term for studying the nature of existence (or Being).

-- posted by RLSharp

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