User:5509gh

Hello,

I have just added a note on the discussion page of Meta-Ontology.

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This is a note to the author of the article of Meta-ontology:

Dear Madam/Sir:

The prefix 'Meta' is associated with the word 'about', as can be seen on the Wikipedia page <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta>, but it is much more associated with the words 'beyond' and 'after' in the original Greek.

Now, if 'Ontology' is the 'talking about existence', then there can be nothing 'beyond' Ontology. Everything that exists is within the realm of 'Ontology'. Meta-ontolgy is therefore an oxymoron because both the term 'meta-ontolgy' along with its meaning exist. They both exist, and therefore, they are both within the realm of 'Ontology' by definition. The only things that are 'beyond' Ontology (or Meta-ontological) are things which do not exist. 'Things which do not exist' simply do not exist and therefore cannot be talked about by anybody or any branch of knowledge that has the suffix '-ology'.

I hope you understand and agree that the term 'meta-ontology' is an oxymoron regardless of who used it first and why, and I hope that you show that on your Wikipedia page for 'Metaontolgy'.

Thank you.