Ontological categories a methodological guide
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 anoth...
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2024
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jan 2024) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (70 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 9781108973861 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108973861 |