Ontology

Ontology is the study of reality and the nature of being. There are a few main questions asked:


 * What exists?

More accurately,


 * What exists? Does it include Neocons?

Basic Questions
Several fundamental questions are asked in ontology:


 * What is existence? Do Neocons do it? Is existence a property? What does it mean to say something does not exist?
 * What is an object? Can one give an account of what it means to say that an object exists?
 * What could it mean to say that non-physical things exist?
 * What constitutes the identity of an object? When does an object go out of existence, as opposed to merely changing?
 * What features are essential, not accidental, to a given object?

Answer key

 * What is existence?
 * The quality or state of being a liberal
 * Do Neocons do it?
 * No, they are just dreams created to haunt liberals to do the right thing
 * Is existence a property?
 * Yes
 * What does it mean to say something does not exist?
 * It means that the object does not exist. Does that make sense? It does to George W. Bush!


 * What is an object?
 * Something real, like universal health care
 * Can one give an account of what it means to say that an object exists?
 * Yes


 * What does it mean to say that non-physical things exist?
 * To say that is to say that we are conscious, which by logic means that we are also liberal


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