 ##  [Ontological Commitment](/index.php/ontological-commitment) 

  ##  [Ontological Commitment](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/ontological-commitment-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

The set or inventory of entities that a theory, formalization, or discourse is taken to commit one to accepting as existing, as revealed by the theory's quantificational and categorical vocabulary and the intended interpretation of its expressions.