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• Analytic-synthetic distinction [r]: A distinction used in philosophy to divide an ontology into two parts: an analytic part consisting of terms related by synonymy, and a synthetic part concerning connections between such terms and 'real' objects. ^[e]
• Internal-external distinction [r]: A division of an ontology into an internal linguistic framework and external practical questions about the utility of that framework ^[e]
• Meta-ontology [r]: What constitutes an ontology and its methods ^[e]
• Ontological commitment [r]: A general term used in both philosophy and in information systems to refer to the essential elements of an ontology. ^[e]
• Ontological pluralism [r]: The doctrine that there are different ways or modes of being ^[e]
• Quantifier variance [r]: A position in meta-ontology that claims there is no uniquely best ontological language with which to describe the world ^[e]