"Ontic" is an adjective of the entity; "ontological", of being.
Onticus is an adjective that means "of being", "of beings " or related to them. It is a notion that is used in the field of philosophy . The concept was developed by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), author of the famous work “Being and Time” .
Comparison with «ontological»
The ontic is generally understood in contrast to the ontological . The ontic can be appreciated from outside the entity, contemplating it passively, while the ontological is associated with the being of the entity and must be seen from within it.
Ontic is an adjective of being, unlike ontological which is an adjective of being, as explained by the Argentine philosopher and professor Carlos Cossio . Continuing with the reasoning of this thinker, the meaning of ontic comes from the existence of things in themselves : said existence is not produced by the human being . The ontological, on the contrary, is a human construction based on the interpretation of the essence of things.
The entity has an ontic presence that is accessed through contemplation, since it allows itself to be seen. However, with the exception of the human being , no entity expresses what it consists of by itself. It is the people who, by observing that ontic presence, reach the being of the entity through intellectual work.
For Heidegger , in short, the ontic is the universe of entities . In other words, the empirical concretions of the entity constitute the field of the ontic. The ontological, for its part, is the universe of being and is linked to the essential dimension that transcends objective presence.
Martin Heidegger
Martin Heidegger is the most important German philosopher and thinker of the 20th century. Its influence is seen above all in European philosophy and in phenomenology , the study of the structures of our experience and the world from the point of view of its direct manifestation in consciousness. However, it transcends these limits to reach literary criticism, cognitive sciences, theology and even architecture.
According to Heidegger, there is an ontological supremacy in the problem of being, since this question precedes any other that the human being encounters. The supremacy of the ontic, on the other hand, is the fact that our species , in order to understand being, must also understand itself in terms of what it is . Consider that we are privileged entities, capable of asking ourselves questions about our own existence.
If the main feature of each individual of our species is the ability to direct oneself, one's own being, this way of behaving, of being, we cannot call it anything other than existence . The being always understands itself supported by its own existence, that is, by the possibility it has of being itself or not. These are some of the reasoning that we can find in Heidegger's work.
The being understands itself supported by its own existence.
Kant's Philosophy
Kant's philosophy can be considered an ontic doctrine , since it speculates about objects, their problems in the world and, therefore, opposes the ontological conception that puts the problem of the origin of the world above being itself. It is in this sense that Heidegger maintains his desire to oppose Kant's doctrine and, in fact, complete it.
Immanuel Kant was born on April 22, 1724 in Prussia and was an important philosopher belonging to the intellectual and cultural movement known as the Enlightenment , which originated in the mid-18th century. He stood out for having represented criticism , a doctrine developed by himself that sought to determine the limits of knowledge through a systematic investigation of thought.