Hard Thoughts

aka ecstatic dynamic relational ontology.

Most of what I like to think about, when it comes to philosophy, is not easy. And, maybe more importantly, it is not especially practical or readily applied to daily life.

But once a week I like to write something for you - something where I try to take what I am reading and thinking about and make it accessible and even useful.

But not today. Today you’re just going to get a direct feed from my brain to yours. I apologise in advance for the impractical and useless thoughts that follow.

Ontology

In academia, philosophy divides itself into many different areas of specialisation. One of those areas is called ‘ontology.’ This word refers to the logic or science of existence.

Philosophers that study ontology are interested in the question of existence. I’m one of these. We ask questions like “What does it mean to say that something exists,” “What does it mean to say that something doesn’t exist?” “In what way do things exist?” and so on.

These are the kinds of questions that drive most people …