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Ockham, constantly referring to the notion of sign, ventures in many cases a semiological redefinition of basic logical concepts (Biard 1989, 102-25), which in turn allows him to reformulate traditional ontological issues, as for instance the questions of universals, the number of categories, or the ontological status of relations, as semantic questions.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to ontology.
  2. adjective Of or relating to essence or the nature of being.
  3. adjective Of or relating to the argument for the existence of God holding that the existence of the concept of God entails the existence of God.

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  • Ockham, constantly referring to the notion of sign, ventures in many cases a semiological redefinition of basic logical concepts (Biard 1989, 102-25), which in turn allows him to reformulate traditional ontological issues, as for instance the questions of universals, the number of categories, or the ontological status of relations, as semantic questions. —  Medieval Semiotics
  • From the ontological issues arise methodological ones. —  The Unity of Science
  • Since ‘(weak) realism’ is sometimes used to denote naturalism, we may distinguish by using the term strong realism the stronger, ontological, claim that the natural divisions between kinds reflect the boundaries between real entities; i.e. the difference between silver and gold is not just a difference between two natural groups of stuff, but is a difference between two distinct entities silver and gold. —  Natural Kinds
  • V-e'r-y" 'd-i's-j-o-i-n't-e'd" -f'r-a-g'm-e-n't's-, " -b-u't" 't-h-e-y" 't-o'l'd" -h-i'm" 's-o'm-e't-h-i-n-g" -o-f" 'v-a'l-u-e-. —  Masterpieces in Miniature
  • Kant's practical argument differs profoundly from the speculative arguments for God's existence popular in Kant's day – i.e., ontological, cosmological, and physiotheological proofs. —  Kant and Hume on Morality
 

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/ɑntəˈlɑdʒɪkəl/
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