ontological inquiry

is an inquiry concerned with being. For heidegger it is synonymous with his 'phenomenological method' which he believes to be the only possible method for pursuing ontology (i.e. The study of being).

Ontological inquiries in philosophy are concerned with Being, Heidegger uses ontology in a specific sense, as being synonymous with his phenomenological method. This similarity is expressed in the maxim,'only as phenomenology is ontology possible' [ref. 7, page 60]. Phenomenology is the way we access ontology, and it is therefore also the way we can give the study of Being demonstrative precision. In the phenomenological conception of phenomenon the Being of entities-- its meaning , its modifications and its derivatives-- are revealed. [ref. 7, page 60] (munday)

ontological inquiry, n.All

ontological inquiry