"The
word "ontology" has four established meanings in philosophy. There
are two intersecting sets of distinctions. Pure philosophical ontology is
different from applied scientific ontology, and ontology in the applied
scientific sense can be understood either as a discipline or a domain.” (Corazzon)
In class lecture, we briefly discussed ontology to be the study of being/reality. This school of thought
classifies varieties of objects into the categories of concrete
or abstract, existent or nonexistent, real or ideal, independent or dependent.
Then, it explores the ties these objects have with our life in terms of
relations, dependencies and predication. In addition, there are also
three steps of practicing ontology: formal, descriptive and formalized.
Formal ontology was created by Edward Husserl who defined it is
“object is the study of the genera of being”. This study has three basic
problem-solving levels: formal logic, formal axiology, and formal praxis.
“(a)
Formal Apophantics, or formal logic of judgments, where the a priori conditions
for the possibility of the doxic certainty of reason are to be sought, along
with (b) the synthetic forms for the possibility of the axiological, and (c)
"practical" truths.”
Descriptive
ontology deals with the classification of objects based on their in variables.
These objects can be classified as either dependent or independent (also
considered to be real or ideal).
Lastly,
formalized ontology acquires all of the information collected and then formally
processes the results into a methodization.
“Ontology is intimately related to metaphysics, the theory of ultimate
categories of things”
Specifically, modern metaphysics deals with the qualities and
creation of categories as they strictly apply to an object. On the other hand,
objects in ontology can apply to a number of categories.
All
in all, ontology is a study reality with metaphysical undertones. We are able
to utilize ontology in order to categorize objects through the three steps:
formal, descriptive and formalized. The result allows us to understand the type
of object and what affect it has on our own personal reality.
LITERATURE CITED
Corazzon, R. (n.d.). Ontology: Its Role in Modern
Philosophy. Retrieved November 21, 2014, from www.ontology.co
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