ontologist
ontologist noun: a scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
Noun
ontologist (plural ontologists)
- A scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
- 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.2008 August 12, Luca Moretti, “The ontological status of minimal entities”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI
Forms of ontologist
| plural | ontologists |
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Origin of ontologist
From ontology + -ist.
Words that rhyme with ontologist
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Questions about ontologist
- What does ontologist mean?
- Ontologist means a scholar or theorist of ontology, or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
- What part of speech is ontologist?
- Ontologist is a noun.
- What is the plural of ontologist?
- The plural of ontologist is ontologists.
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