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Ontology is then a subset of the metaphysical universe and derived through the applicable epistemology. That is to say, for example, the scientific method is an epistemic process which is employed to derive a scientific ontology. The metaphysics in this tradition is materialistic, the method is epistemology and the results are ontology.
The resulting connections to behaviors and actions are physical manifestations of these interpretations. And - I'd alter your summations to be - *Ontology is making the abstractions for 'being' a subject for inquiry. Metaphysics is connecting those abstractions of 'being' to the physical plane. – Norman Edward.
Epistemic would probably have been more idiomatic in this passage, but I get the impression that the author chose epistemological to emphasize the distinction they are making between what is within the scope of epistemology vs ontology. Page 67; Some philosophers promote ontological vagueness... other philosophers promote epistemic vagueness.
1. If you adopt the view of the mystics then epistemology and ontology become the same thing at the limit. They propose that what is fundamental is 'knowing'. A doctrine of unity reconciles all distinctions including this one. – user20253. Apr 10, 2018 at 12:18.
By positive I mean: individual x reflects the characteristics that define class X. By negative: given classes X and Y with defined characteristics, individual z does not match either class and is therefore grouped in class M with others like a and b that also do not fit X or Y. Yet z otherwise shares little or nothing with a and b, so can M be ...
Epistemology is the study of knowledge, how our brain understands the world, how much of our understanding is credible, etc. Ontology is a description of the world outside (and inside) us, with its objects, particles, waves, living organisms and many other phenomena. Metaphysics is the branch of thinking about what may exist, but we're not sure.
On the final account, epistemology is all about the degree of transparency of the veil; it is the Sceptic's question. On one end of the spectrum of answers, we have "What you see is what is the case," and on the other end, "You cannot see what is behind the veil in principle."
1. A quick google search would have done it, so next time, please don't be lazy. Ontology is the philosophical study of the nature of being, becoming, existence, or reality, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope of knowledge and is also referred ...
In standard philosophical parlance 'epistemology' and 'the theory of knowledge' are convertible, interchangeable. A crack of light might, however, develop between them. 'Epistemology' as practised in philosophy is concerned with questions such as 'how is knowledge of the external world possible ?', 'can we know other minds ?', 'is a priori ...
Epistemology is the the investigation/study of the meaning of "Truth". I think the term you are alluding to in the current context may be the study of "Knowledge" which, correct me if I'm wrong, is Ontology. I.e. what is the actual theoretical limit of possible knowledge (ontology), as opposed to "is it knowledge or not" (epistemology)?