Elements of Philosophy

Noemi Faith A. Reyes OC199
2008-30806 Prof. Villar

ONTOLOGY | EPISTEMOLOGY | METHODOLOGY | TELEOLOGY | -“…is from the Greek and means the study of the ontos or of the one, the universe. It is the study of those universal concepts which apply to everything, as well as those specific concepts which apply to the most substantial dimensions of Being (Fox,1999, p.1).”-“…comes from the Greek Ontologia and means “talking” (-logia) about being (on/onto). It is a philosophical discipline which can be described as the science of existence or the study of being (Cimiano, 2006 p.9).”-“The study of being? The study of being what? Well, the term being, in ontological sense, is derived from the Greek word ousia, which roughly translated, meant “essence” or “substance”. Then, it is the study of the essence of being, or in other words, an exploration of the nature of reality and existence. In fact, you might find it helpful to mentally substitute the word existence or reality whenever you see the word being discussed in philosophy books. In any event, Ontology examines what can exist and hat can not exist, and it further breaks those distinctions down into categories as it explores whether things can change or are, in fact, eternal (Kardaras, 2011, pp.125-126).”-“There are several questions to ask about research, such as, How do researchers define reality? How do they know that what they define as real is real? (Rothe, 2000, p.11).”-“…the study of all pervading- structures of reality—not as they are found in objects, but as they can be discerned in the texture of being which precedes the subject-object split of reality (Tillich, 1948 as cited in Carey,1978 p.93)-“The fundamental questions in the field of ontology (which includes human beings as well as material matter) are ‘What can be said to exist? And ‘What is existence?’ It influences the epistemology and methodology of a research study (Daymon and Holloway, 2011, p.100 ).”-“…the science of

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