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Ontological questions address the question of how it is we known what we know.
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False,Ontological questions center on the nature of being and what exists and are not focused on how we know what we know, which is the concern of epistemology.

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Ontological questions are not primarily concerned with how we know what we know; that area is the focus of epistemology. Ontology deals with questions about being and what exists. Thus, the statement that ontological questions address the question of how it is we know what we know is False.

Epistemology dives into the nature and possibility of knowledge, raising questions such as the veracity of our beliefs, or the existence of an evil demon that calls our experiences into questions, illustrating the philosophical method of doubting and inquiry.

In philosophy, a belief must be rooted in truth to be considered knowledge. One cannot 'know' something that is false, as knowledge necessitates that the claim is warranted, justified, and true. There are different theories of truth, but Aristotle's classical definition postulates that a statement is true if it asserts that something 'is what it is' and that it is not what it is not.

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