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Webster 1913 Edition


Ontologist

On-tol′o-gist

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Noun.
[Cf. F.
ontologiste
.]
One who is versed in or treats of ontology.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Ontologist

ONTOL'OGIST

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Noun.
One who treats of or considers the nature and qualities of being in general.

Definition 2024


ontologist

ontologist

English

Noun

ontologist (plural ontologists)

  1. (philosophy) A scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
    • 2008 August 12, Luca Moretti, “The ontological status of minimal entities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, DOI:10.1007/s11098-008-9265-6:
      On the other hand, nominalists and parsimonious ontologists who do not believe in the existence of properties, facts and abstract entities do stick to these colloquial usages of ‘property’ and ‘fact’ grounded in principles as platitudinous as [i]–[iii] without apparent problems.

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