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ontology

[on-tol-uh-jee] / ɒnˈtɒl ə dʒi /


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Karp, who has a PhD in philosophy, is no ordinary CEO, and Palantir’s software architecture mirrors concepts from philosophy like ontology, a branch of metaphysics concerned with reality and existence.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The latest lingo bingo words are AI agents, context and business ontology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The deeper risk is that we may be optimizing the wrong thing by improving algorithms while leaving the underlying computational ontology unchanged.

From Science Daily • Dec. 24, 2025

Many Nigerians believe in the supernatural, and this often stems from the animistic ontology that undergirds self and being in many Nigerian communities.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

These were the great, complex questions of ontology that tormented him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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