metaontology

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meta- +‎ ontology

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metaontology (countable and uncountable, plural metaontologies)

  1. The ontology of ontology.
    • 2008 April 1, Ross P. Cameron, “Truthmakers and ontological commitment: or how to deal with complex objects and mathematical ontology without getting into”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI:
      The metaontology debate has now migrated from discussions of composition.