Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in ontology; one who studies ontology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is versed in or treats of ontology.
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- noun philosophy A scholar or theorist of
ontology , or an adherent of a particular ontological doctrine.
Etymologies
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Examples
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A more boring possibility: 'ontologist' is a recognized specialization within that queen of sciences, library science.
Being and Foolishness Slimbolala 2006
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In The New York Times Book Review, the British pale-ontologist Simon Conway Morris threw down the gauntlet: he accused Wright "of a failure of nerve."
More on Robert Wright's The Evolution of God William Harryman 2009
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Anton Marty (October 18, 1847-October 1, 1914) was a philosopher of language, psychologist, and ontologist.
Anton Marty Rollinger, Robin 2008
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An ontologist might treat the same sort of ailments a psychiatrist would treat, but maybe rejects the latter's unquestioned belief in such a thing as a psyche.
Being and Foolishness Slimbolala 2006
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Instead, check out these new gigs: ontologist, webmistress, cool hunter, or vlogger.
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Put an other way I'm not sure Derrida ignores Heidegger the ontologist in either the Being and Time form or the the form after the Kehr - indeed the later Heidegger is arguably much closer to Derrida with his meditations on language
enowning enowning 2007
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Though jazz is not necessarily improvisational, and very few jazz performances lack any sort of prior compositional process, the centrality of improvisation to jazz presents a challenge to the musical ontologist.
The Philosophy of Music Kania, Andrew 2007
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A nonconstituent ontologist like Plantinga may be represented as arguing by Modus Ponens: If God exemplifies his nature, then he is distinct from it; God exemplifies his nature; ergo, God is distinct from his nature, and DDS is false.
Divine Simplicity Vallicella, William F. 2006
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But the nonconstituent ontologist is within his epistemic rights in switching to Modus Tollens: If God exemplifies his nature, then he is distinct from it;
Divine Simplicity Vallicella, William F. 2006
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Of course, the result doesn't look very traditional; he translates it into his own system he is both an occasionalist and an ontologist.
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