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存在論 (そんざいろん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

存そん在ざい論ろん

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Meanings

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noun

philosophy

A branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of being, existence, and reality.

存そん在ざい論ろんは形けい而じ上じょう学がくの一いち分ぶん野やです。
Ontology is a branch of metaphysics.
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存そん

在ざい

論ろん

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論ろん

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いる

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He is writing a thesis on ontology.

Kanji

存exist, suppose, be aware of
在exist, outskirts, suburbs
論argument, discourse

Similar words

形けい而じ上じょう学がく
形而上学 (metaphysics) is a broader field that includes ontology as one of its branches.
認にん識しき論ろん
認識論 (epistemology) deals with knowledge and belief, while 存在論 focuses on existence and being.

Etymology

Compound of 存在 (sonzai, 'existence') and 論 (ron, 'theory' or 'discourse'), modeled after Western philosophical terminology.