tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382776884137400610.post3248189146298173115..comments2023-09-28T10:37:10.743-04:00Comments on Depth Deception the Blog: What's a Diorama?Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641691395288365219noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382776884137400610.post-27854043179440807542008-08-29T01:54:00.000-04:002008-08-29T01:54:00.000-04:00Hi Grandma!Hi Grandma!Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641691395288365219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382776884137400610.post-47234025275611069722008-08-28T19:38:00.000-04:002008-08-28T19:38:00.000-04:00This word is not, by the way, a synonym for scienc...This word is not, by the way, a synonym for science. Think of it like an account of the multifaceted conceptions of reality. Its a huge umbrella under which Science and religion sit. or stand or whatever. Ontology is not a rigorous method like science, nor is it a passive dogmatism making unchecked claims; rather, it is an umbrella or frame or container or whatever metaphor you want that would sort of give context to how one might interpret existence. <BR/><BR/>If you ask "who am I?" there can be ontological responses "I am a male, I am 24 years old, I am great with the ladies" etc. Then there are epistemological responses; Descartes' cogito ergo sum "i think therefore i am" is the most famous probably. <BR/><BR/>I hope this is helpful. Philosophy hates calling itself philsophy, it is not a discipline for giving explanations but rather of asking questions and engaging in dialogue. so a philosophical explanation of ontology is impossible, but we can just keep talking ad infinitum and let the pieces fall where they may.fullejuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616342754652815295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3382776884137400610.post-40978512833233510012008-08-28T11:57:00.000-04:002008-08-28T11:57:00.000-04:00when in doubt be greek about it."ontos" is the con...when in doubt be greek about it.<BR/><BR/>"ontos" is the concept of existence, the infinitive "to be" and the genitive "of being" and anything at all relating to "Being"<BR/><BR/>logos, commonly interpreted as "science" or "study of" is inaccurate but convenient for our language and communication structures. more accurately "logos"(the root word of -logy suffix) should be described as "an account given via words"<BR/><BR/>So we have an account of being. But what does that mean? how does it derive its authority? well, historically, its authority comes from god...and in a quite literal sense. <BR/><BR/>In the beginning was the word (logos) and that word is God. God is Logos in Genesis 1. Think about authority, how words receive their power and in turn their meaning. <BR/><BR/>Ontology is at once an abstraction from the specific and specifies an abstraction that is, generally, phenomenological all-ness.<BR/><BR/>My advice is for you not to use this word casually, much like you probably would not like someone who knows nothing about evolution to throw it around loosely. It is a philosophical concept-word that really cannot be helpful until you see its deconstrution hidden within Kant's critique of pure reason.<BR/><BR/>so all of that was off the cuff because i haven't thought about ontology in a while and grandma just surprised me with an unannounced visit to my apartment and now she's standing behind me and she wants me to say "I miss you Jay and I look at the picture that you drew me everyday"<BR/><BR/>aww...how touching.fullejuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616342754652815295noreply@blogger.com