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ontology

[on-tol-uh-jee] / ɒnˈtɒl ə dʒi /


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At the heart of all these disputes is a question of ontology, the branch of metaphysics concerned with the nature of reality.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The analyst believes Palantir’s ontology and forward deployed engineers, which Morgan Stanley covered favorably last month, “will maintain a competitive differentiated moat in this agentic AI super cycle.”

From Barron's Apr. 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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