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The only primitive term in Leśniewski’s system of the Calculus of Names is the verb ‘is’ for which the participle ‘being’ corresponds to the Greek ‘oν’1 (gen. ‘óντoζ’). This was by no means the only reason for Leśniewski’s use for his system a name indicating one of the main branches of philosophy. Thus in Leśniewski’s article “On the Foundations of Mathematics”2 we read:
… I used the term ‘ontology’ for the theory I developed, as this was not opposed to my ‘linguistic intuition’, just in view of the fact that I formulated in that theory a sort of ‘general principles of being’.
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Słupecki, J. (1984). S. Leśniewski’s Calculus of Names. In: Srzednicki, J.T.J., Rickey, V.F. (eds) Leśniewski’s Systems. Nijhoff International Philosophy Series, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6089-3_4
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