22C:096
Computation, Information, and Description
Department of Computer Science
The University of Iowa
Lecture 1
Definition of "ontology"
From The Random House College Dictionary
- ontology
- 1. the branch of metaphysics that studies the nature of
existence. 2. (loosely) metaphysics.
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