What is ontological?

Ontological is about what really exists in the world, the basics of everything that makes up our reality.

Imagine you have a toy box full of blocks. Some are big, some are small, and they all look different. But if you think about it, all those blocks are just variations of one basic thing: a block. That’s kind of like being ontological, figuring out what the most basic things in the world really are.

Ontology is like asking: What’s the simplest stuff that everything else comes from?

• If you look at a tree, you might say it's made of wood. But if you dig deeper, you find it's made of cells, and even smaller things called atoms.
• So an ontologist is like someone who plays "what’s inside?" all day, trying to figure out what the most basic stuff in the world really is.

Knowing what the most basic parts of the world are helps us understand how everything works. Like how knowing that blocks make up your toy box helps you build bigger and better things!Ontological is about what really exists in the world, the basics of everything that makes up our reality.

Imagine you have a toy box full of blocks. Some are big, some are small, and they all look different. But if you think about it, all those blocks are just variations of one basic thing: a block. That’s kind of like being ontological, figuring out what the most basic things in the world really are.