Since I began trying to visually describe my personal ontology (yesterday), I’ve gone through many revisions. There comes a point where I think “Ok, that’s it for now” and save/export the document. Inevitably, I’ve been returning to those versions almost immediately. Here’s the version I’m ending the day with.
I also finished a first draft of my Key, which I won’t share yet. I’ve found it to be considerably harder to conceive than the chart itself.
Finally, I’ve considered renaming or subtitling the Ontological Categories as The Known, The Assumed, The Imagined, however, their definitions remain largely unchanged.
The Real (The Known)- Observable entities which can exert themselves on other entities; can range from concrete to transcendent.
The Mysterious (The Assumed)- Entities which could fall under The Real but about which much is to be learned as well as entities which are likely to exist in the universe, but which have not been proven; can range from concrete to transcendent.
The Imagined- Things which likely exist only as the mental constructs of humans; transcendent only.
