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ontology (n·tˑ·l·gē),
n the metaphysical study of the state of being: focuses on the fundamentals of identity, disease, normalcy, and belief systems as they influence a person's existence.
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3) suggests, developmental approaches position children as ontologically different from adults, a 'difference' which, ultimately, justifies a lowered regard for their status vis avis adults and the exertion of adult power over children.
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The irony of all this is the mechanically reproduced image ontologically contains a sense of depth.
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29) Another corollary is that the true efficient causes are always prior to their effects, ontologically if not temporally (since the two things or events may be contemporaneous or simultaneous, coexisting at the same time).
Causality in Islamic philosophy: the arguments of Ibn Sina by Arif, Syamsuddin / Islam & Science
 
 
 
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