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Ontological Categories: A Methodological Guide
Elements in Metaphysics, Cambridge University Press
2024
DOI: 10.1017/9781108973861
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Abstract
Ontology - the study of the most fundamental categories of being - lies at the very heart of metaphysics. The reason why it appears to be so central is because it takes on the following questions: What sorts of entities are there? What features do those entities have? How do they relate to one another? And so on. Section 1 of this Element presents a fast-paced historical overview of some of the notable approaches to these questions. Section 2 tells the story of how one of the oldest, most disputed, but also most developed ontological categories - universals - got introduced. Section 3 builds on the discussion of universals as it considers the desiderata for a promising system of ontological categories. And Section 4 looks at ways in which philosophers might break with tradition and explore some new ontological categories.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Ontological Categories: A Methodological Guide
- Creators
- Katarina Perovic
- Resource Type
- Book
- Series
- Elements in Metaphysics
- DOI
- 10.1017/9781108973861
- ISBN
- 9781108973861; 1108973868
- eISBN
- 9781108973861
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2024
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy
- Record Identifier
- 9984557946002771
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