Ontology and De-ontologised Rationalisation of Intellectual Property

The third chapter deals with a question that is usually considered philosophical; however, it is crucial for everyday life and the social determinations involving economics and politics. Among most schools of thought, the study of the being—ontology—has been widely regarded as a branch of metaphysics. Both the critique of political economy and the study of the social being have revealed that existence must not be considered from a metaphysical standpoint—thus rigid, abstract, eternal—but as a movement, a process, a constant transformation. Following this method, knowledge production must be understood as a product of two interchangeable movements. The first unveils the historical emergence of knowledge; the second exposes the existing contemporary conditions for its production and reproduction.