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存在論 (sonzairon) Japanese meaning: ontology | Kotomora

存そん在ざい論ろん

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Meanings

1

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

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分ぶん

野や

です

。

Ontology is a branch of metaphysics.

彼かれは存そん在ざい論ろんについての論ろん文ぶんを書かいている。

He is writing a thesis on ontology.

Kanji

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

Related 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.

Word family

存そん在ざい論ろん的てき証しょう明めい
ontological argument

Built from

存そん在ざい+論ろん

Etymology

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