[MD] What is SOM?

[Ron Kulp]

[Krimel]
Again your only point here is an appeal to authority. I can hear the
explosion in you head from here. But the truth is, "Bob, says" is a lousy
argument. Are you seriously claiming that you have not confused ontology
with epistemology but rather claim there is no ontology at all? Is this you
just being witty or are you saying literally there is nothing.

Ron:
In philosophy, ontology (from the Greek ὄν, genitive ὄντος: of being (part. of εἶναι: to be) and -λογία: science, study, theory) is the most fundamental branch of metaphysics. Ontology is the study of being or existence and its basic categories and relationships. It seeks to determine what entities can be said to "exist", and how these entities can be grouped according to similarities and differences. Ontology is distinguished from epistemology, the study of knowledge and what can be known.

In philosophy, essence is the attribute or set of attributes that make an object or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property that the object or substance has contingently, without which the substance can still retain its identity. The concept originates with Aristotle, who used the Greek expression to ti ên einai, literally 'the what it was to be', or sometimes the shorter phrase to ti esti, literally 'the what it is,'

Ron:
I think you can see how ontology itself is an essentialist convention therefore what Dmb is saying is accurate. MoQ ontology (and I'm using the term fundamentally as Ontology is the study of being or existence and its basic categories and relationships) states that be-ing is experience,
and that be-ing as an entity separate and distinct is an illusion of
that experience. Therefore traditional Ontology is illusionary and
a distortion of experience. So that MoQ Ontology is closer to 
epistemology, the study of knowledge and what can be known.