ontic

Adjective

Meaning

Ontological.

Pertaining to being generally, as opposed to some theory of it (which would be ontology).

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At the end of ancient civilization ontic anxiety is predominant, at the end of the Middle Ages moral anxiety, and at the end of the modern period spiritual anxiety. Paul Tillich

The metaphysical question is sometimes asked: "Could quantum mechanics be extended by adding so-called "hidden variables" to the mathematical formalism, to convert it from an epistemic to an ontic theory?" Source: Internet

This may be contrasted with Einstein's view, that physics should look for 'really existing objects', making itself an ontic theory. Source: Internet

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