ontotheologyn.
/ˌɒntə(ʊ)θɪˈɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌɑn(t)oʊˌθiˈɑlədʒi/ΚΠ
1798 A. F. M. Willich Elements Crit. Philos. 171 Ontotheology is the cognition of a Supreme Being from bare conceptions.
1838 F. Haywood tr. I. Kant Critick Pure Reason 480 Transcendental theology..believes to cognize the existence of this [sc. the primitive] being through mere conceptions, without the aid of the least experience, and is termed ontotheology.
1881 F. M. Müller tr. I. Kant Critique Pure Reason 542 Transcendental theology..believes that it can know its existence, without the help of any experience whatsoever, and by mere concepts, and is then called ontotheology.]
2. A branch or system of theology in which God is regarded as a being, esp. the supreme being. Also: metaphysics; ontology.
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1854 M. Evans tr. L. Feuerbach Essence Christianity ii. 37 The ens realissimum, the most real being of the old onto-theology.
1969 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 30 36 Metaphysics being the other name for onto-theology.
1984 J. Macquarrie In Search of Deity xii. 159 He is critical of onto-theology as confusing the issue if it is allowed to influence philosophical inquiry.
1995 Yale French Stud. 88 150 Master of all the great critiques of philosophical subjectivism (whether it be the epistemology of the ‘I think’ or the ontotheology of creation).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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