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Study of being... does it exist?

Inside of Philosophy, the ontology is that part of the metaphysics, one of the most important disciplines within the philosophical field, which deals with being in a general sense and with its most transcendental properties. If we had to define what ontology basically does in three words, it would be: study the being and If we had to associate this branch of philosophical knowledge with a question, it should be: does it exist?

The ontology or theory of being as many like to call it, deals with the study of everything that is, how it is, what has made it possible, dealing with the definition of what it is to be and what it is not and of establishment of those fundamental categories or general ways of being that things have, starting from the deep study of their properties, structures and systems.

Among other things, the ontology will focus on how entities can be classified from certain ways, within hierarchies and subdivided according to the similarities and differences that present. Within these entities, objects, things, people, concepts and ideas, among others, can be cited.

In a more general sense, it could be said that ontology will deal with reflecting on the conceptions of reality, their relationships and the characteristics of these.
And on the other hand, likewise, ontology has historically been occupied with delving into, investigate questions, more mysterious or more complex to elucidate, such as the existence of God, the truth of ideas and so many other things that are linked to the abstract and not to tangible reality.

Because of course, abstract entities, as we already mentioned ideas, numbers and concepts, among others, are the most difficult to approach if we compare them with the concrete ones, which are there at our fingertips: objects, plants, among other

Origin of the concept and its use in classical Greece

Its name as ontology dates back to the seventeenth century, more precisely to the year 1613 and it will be the philosopher Rodolfo Goclenio, in his work called Lexicon philosophicum, quo tanquam key philosophiae fores aperiuntur, who for the first time used the term and reaffirmed what had been held for years, that ontology is the philosophy of art. Later, the rest of the usages agreed in the same and contributed even more to identify it with metaphysics.

In any case, we must say that its approach is certainly old and long before the birth of its formal name in the century just indicated. In ancient Greece, to be more precise, the great classical philosophers like Plato and Aristotle knew study this theme of the entity, of being, and of precisely categorizing what is fundamental and important in that to be. In this initiatory time of study, ontology was called metaphysics.

The concept acquires relevance in the Computing

In recent years and as a result of the takeoff that new technologies have had in the field of computing, the term of ontology, curiously, he moved to this field a priori so far removed from the philosophical field with which he is always and unfailingly linked to the finished.
So, for computing, the ontology will be the formulation of a precise scheme concept on one or more domains with the mission of streamlining the communication and the exchange of information between different systems and entities. As we see from the application of the term, there is a link with its original concept despite being in a totally different context.
Typically, computer ontology is applied at the level of technical problem solving, when a classification specific, among others.