Meanings
nounmetaontology (countable and uncountable, plural metaontologies)
plural metaontologies · alternative meta-ontology
- countableuncountableThe philosophical study of the nature of ontology as a whole.
The metaontology debate has now migrated from discussions of composition.
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
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