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title: Ontology
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- ontology
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## Overview
Ontology is the philosophical study of being. Generally *things* are split into two broad categories: **abstract** and **concrete** things. These words are "terms of art" and their definition is not standardized in any way.
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What did Quine declare as *the* ontological question?
Back: "What is there?"
Reference: Simon Hewitt, “A Cardinal Worry for Permissive Metaontology,” _Metaphysica_ 16, no. 2 (September 18, 2015): 15965, [https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2015-0009](https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2015-0009).
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Who is attributed *the* ontological question?
Back: Willard Van Orman Quine.
Reference: Simon Hewitt, “A Cardinal Worry for Permissive Metaontology,” _Metaphysica_ 16, no. 2 (September 18, 2015): 15965, [https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2015-0009](https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2015-0009).
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{Ontology} is the {philosophical study of being}.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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{Epistemology} is the {philosophical study of knowledge}.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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{Taxonomy} is the {branch of science concerned with categorization}.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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{Mereology} is the {philosophical study of part-whole relationships}.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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What does Effingham mean when saying "concreta" and "abstracta" are terms of art?
Back: They are terms defined freely by a person to mean whatever one wants.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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In general, ontologists often categorize things as either {concreta} or {abstracta}.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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Generally speaking, what does someone *probably* mean by "concrete" things?
Back: Things that exists in space and/or time.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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Generally speaking, what does someone *probably* mean by "abstract" things?
Back: Things that exist in neither space nor time.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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Is a material object considered concreta?
Back: Usually.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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Is an immaterial object considered concreta?
Back: Possibly.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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Is a material object considered abstracta?
Back: Not usually.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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Is an immaterial object considered abstracta?
Back: Possibly.
Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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## Bibliography
* Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
* Simon Hewitt, “A Cardinal Worry for Permissive Metaontology,” _Metaphysica_ 16, no. 2 (September 18, 2015): 15965, [https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2015-0009](https://doi.org/10.1515/mp-2015-0009).