Ontological CategoriesJavier Cumpa, Erwin Tegtmeier This volume is about ontological categories. The categories of an ontology are designed to classify all existents. They are crucial and characterize an ontology. |
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2 Properties Facts and Complexity By HERBERT HOCHBERG | 67 |
3 Order Direction Logical Priority and Ontological Categories By INGVAR JOHANSSON | 89 |
Why Four are Better than Two By JONATHAN LOWE | 109 |
The First Ontic Category By DONALD MERTZ | 127 |
6 Ontological Categories Latents and the Irrational By ROBERTO POLI | 153 |
7 Categories and Categorial Entities By ERWIN TEGTMEIER | 165 |
Some Reflections on the Role of a Principle of Acquaintance in Ontology By FRED WILSON | 181 |
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abstract affairs appearances argued argument Aristotelian Aristotle Aristotle’s Armstrong asymmetric asymmetrical relations attribute instances bare particular belong Bergmann Bradley’s cate categorial entities categorial property category membership category theorists causal relations characterized claim classification combinatorial conditions combinatorial rules complex properties constituent definite descriptions derived distinction empirical empiricist exemplifies exist existential existential dependence flower is red fundamental category genera Grossmann ground Hume Ibid identity conditions individual infer instantiation intension Kant Kant’s kind lambda abstract lambda calculus lawlike logical form maxima ontological division means mental acts mereological metaphysics mode monadic n-tuple necessary connection necessity one’s ontically dependent ontological categories ontological square ordinary experience Parmenides particular philosophers Plato Plotinus Principle of Acquaintance priori problem proposition question reason Reflecting regard regress rela Russell Russell’s sense sensible simple specific structure subjects system of categories Tegtmeier theory of categories things time’s arrow tion transcendental tropes union universals whole