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Ontological categories : their nature and significance / Jan Westerhoff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: xiv, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199285047
  • 9780199285044
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 111 22
LOC classification:
  • BD311 .W47 2005
Contents:
Introduction -- Sample cases : systems of ontological categories -- Attempted definitions of 'ontological category' -- A world of states of affairs -- Categories in an ontology of states of affairs -- Individuals and properties in an ontology of states of affairs -- Philosophical implications -- --
I. Sample cases : systems of ontological categories -- II. Attempted definitions of 'ontological category' -- III. A world of states of affairs -- IV. Categories in an ontology of states of affairs -- V. Individuals and properties in an ontology of states of affairs -- VI. Philosophical implications.
Review: "The concept of an ontological category is central to metaphysics. Metaphysicians argue about which category an object should be assigned to, whether some categories can be reduced to other ones, or whether there might be different equally adequate systems of categorization. Answers to these questions presuppose a clear understanding of what precisely an ontological category is, an issue which is rarely addressed; Jan Westerhoff presents the first in-depth analysis both of the use made of ontological categories in the metaphysical literature, and of various attempts at defining them. He also develops a new theory of ontological categories which implies that there will be no unique system, and that the ontological category an object belongs to is not an essential property of that object. Systems of ontological categories are structures imposed on the world, rather than reflections of a deep metaphysical reality already present."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-255) and index.

Introduction -- Sample cases : systems of ontological categories -- Attempted definitions of 'ontological category' -- A world of states of affairs -- Categories in an ontology of states of affairs -- Individuals and properties in an ontology of states of affairs -- Philosophical implications -- --

I. Sample cases : systems of ontological categories -- II. Attempted definitions of 'ontological category' -- III. A world of states of affairs -- IV. Categories in an ontology of states of affairs -- V. Individuals and properties in an ontology of states of affairs -- VI. Philosophical implications.

"The concept of an ontological category is central to metaphysics. Metaphysicians argue about which category an object should be assigned to, whether some categories can be reduced to other ones, or whether there might be different equally adequate systems of categorization. Answers to these questions presuppose a clear understanding of what precisely an ontological category is, an issue which is rarely addressed; Jan Westerhoff presents the first in-depth analysis both of the use made of ontological categories in the metaphysical literature, and of various attempts at defining them. He also develops a new theory of ontological categories which implies that there will be no unique system, and that the ontological category an object belongs to is not an essential property of that object. Systems of ontological categories are structures imposed on the world, rather than reflections of a deep metaphysical reality already present."--BOOK JACKET.

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