Ontology describes the conditions under which a world and human reality exist

Evidence

87. By “ontological” here I do not mean a pregiven, independent order of existence, since such an order cannot exist without a particular form of knowledge that makes it what it is. The self, for instance (modern or premodern), is a particular formation that may lend itself to an analysis of quiddity, although it is a constructed entity. Which is also to say that the “ontological” is not a stable or fixed “natural” quality, incapable of mutation. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 712 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Ontology is descriptive while metaphysics is hypothetical and concerns origins; Heidegger defines human reality through inseparable moments of world, being-in, and being; Ontology specifies structures of being while metaphysics questions the existence of the existent — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 799 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Ontological analysis applies to constructed entities like the self #expands (0.80) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 712
• Western ontology and African vitalogy can engage in reciprocal dialogue #expands (0.75)
• Mbiti articulates African ontology in five ordered categories from God down to objects #exemplifies (0.75)