Petitio Principii, If P -> Q

[James_S_Saint]

For those very few actually interested (and ALL philosophers should be interested in ontological construction):

An Ontology ((ŏn-tŏl`ə-jē))
A set of concepts and categories with their properties and the relations between them, designed to establish a useful understanding of existence.

Existence (iɡˈzistəns)
The aggregate sum of all actuality, all having affect, all being, all that exists or is existent.
e.g. That known to have no affect upon anything at all has no rational excuse to be called “existent”.

Affectance (əˈfekt’əns)
The aggregate of some or all subtle affects or influences, most profoundly, affects upon affects.

Affectance Ontology, AO
The set of concepts, categories, and relationships related to an understanding of existence via an understanding of affects upon affects - “affectance”.

RM:AO: Anentropic Sheltering determines the size and density of all objects and all gatherings from subatomic particles to communities to global religions, economies, and empires

There can be many ontologies for the same reality, compatible or not. Of course if they conflict, at least one of them must be logically incoherent (possibly both). All philosophies, religions, and sciences are based upon specific, yet seldom defined, ontologies. AO and VO are not inherently incompatible. AO is merely far more inclusive of detailed definitions and the necessary mathematics. AO exposes the essential principles required for the existence of form, space, durability, longevity, growth, conflict, and change as such concerns may apply to physicality, sociology, psychology, and economics (as well as just about any subject of concern). One could justly call RM:AO a “professional philosophy”.