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Ontology 

A metaphysical term in philosophy that means thought surrounding “the nature of being.”

Matt Ratto, Toronto, FIS1210 

 

This term is now used extensively in the literature surrounding artificial intelligence, for classification systems that teach “knowledge of the world” to computers.

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