What is philosophy? Why is it vital for the social researcher to think about it? Standing up of unobtrusive individual experience as a political science graduate, the issue of philosophy and also epistemology (and the resulting decisions sociologies researchers make) has been dependably in a field of disarray for most sociologies graduates. Understudies, everywhere throughout the world, feel distanced and frequently confused in regards to the idea of these terms and consequently are regularly moderately late in deciding their stands in this urgently vital and certain subject. Besides, a straightforward examination of average course contributions of sociologies degrees around the world uncovered a general absence of technique courses at the undergrad level. This issue adds to the general disarray of understudies on the issue. Regularly, not until the point that understudies move to postgraduate level when they are satisfactorily prepared in technique of research and continuously wind up ready to create comprehension of metaphysics and epistemology. Furlong and Marsh (2002) clarify the issue splendidly when they say: "At First these issues (ontological and epistemological positions) appear to be troublesome however our real point is that they are not issues that can be kept away from. They resemble a skin not a sweater: they can't be put on and taken off at whatever point the scientist sees fit." (Furlong and Mars, 2002, p.17). In this article, we endeavor to give a general outline of philosophy and shed light on its significance. What is philosophy? In the event that one is to characterize Ontology in Social sciences, it is critical to advance back to the philosophical starting point. In rationality, cosmology is broadly characterized as a noteworthy branch of transcendentalism, the investigation of the idea of the real world. Reference book Britannica (2009) characterizes Ontology as the "philosophical investigation of being" and what by and large endorses to the real world. Aristotle initially called cosmology "first logic", and later the Latin expression "ontologia" showed up in the wake of being designed by the German scholar Lorhardus. Furlong, and Marsh (2002) clarify metaphysics a "hypothesis for being", in different terms the primary inquiry of whether exists a reality that is self-governing from our comprehension. To expand this thought in sociologies setting, they give the case of sexual orientation personality and John Gray's book " Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus". The book contends that men and lady are fundemantaly unique in relation to each other and declares that in the event that it would be better if both would perceive this distinction. That contention buys in to a foundationalist (essentialist) ontological stand. Then again Furlond and Marsh (2002) attest that women's activists would fiercly assault such a view as they connect contrasts amongst people are "socially built". This stand attests a hostile to foundationalist (constructivist) ontological position. Foundationalism and hostile to foundationalism speak to the two fundamental ontological positions taken by researchers, and to comprehend cosmology one ought to clarify those principle ontological positions. Significance Epistemological results The verbal confrontation of who starts things out, and the significance of Ontology in social research: Obviously, a social scientist's cosmology can be comprehended as their perspective of social world. This have a result on picking the ways the analyst will do his examination, the techniques, utilized, and hypotheses set forth. By and by saying this we abstain from implying that cosmology goes before or takes after epistemology, an issue of verbal confrontation among social researchers. As indicated by Bares and Jekins (2007) learning of cosmology (and epistemology) separates "and pick between contending hypotheses and scientific conventions" Additionally they state that numerous early on writings to Ontology and Epistemology appears to support a directional relationship that attests that philosophy goes before epistemology in social research. As they would see it this upsets the learning procedure as discretely supports certain hypothetical decisions. They additionally affirm that cosmology (and epistemology) are vital in metaphysics. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Recovered December 11, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online:>