Paper 1 · Research Aptitude
UGC NET December 2021 June 2022 (11.07.2022) Shift-II
In the context of research methodology, what does the word 'ontology' refer to?
AConcepts and categories, their properties and relationships ✓ Correct
BResearch papers and journals and their citation
CCancers, diseases and their treatments
DA word indexing method
Correct answer: (A) Concepts and categories, their properties and relationships — Ontology refers to concepts and categories, their properties and relationships, so option A is correct.
Explanation
★Ontology refers to concepts and categories, their properties and relationships, so option A is correct.
★In philosophy, ontology is the study of being and the nature of reality.
★In research methodology, it concerns assumptions about what exists and how entities relate.
★It shapes how a researcher defines the objects of study and their categories.
★Ontology is paired with epistemology, which concerns how we can know those entities.
★Together they underpin a study paradigm and its methodological choices.
★In computing, an ontology similarly formalises concepts and their relations in a domain.
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