Theory of categories

In ontology, the theory of categories concerns itself with the categories of being: the highest genera or kinds of entities according to Amie Thomasson.^[1] To investigate the categories of being, or simply categories, is to determine the most fundamental and the broadest classes of entities.^[2] A distinction between such categories, in making the categories or applying them, is called an ontological distinction. Various systems of categories have been proposed, they often include categories for substances, properties, relations, states of affairs or events.^[3]^[4] A representative question within the theory of categories might articulate itself, for example, in a query like, "Are universals prior to particulars?"

^ Thomasson, Amie (2019). "Categories". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ Mcdaniel, Kris (2010). "A Return to the Analogy of Being". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 81 (3): 688–717. doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2010.00378.x. ISSN 1933-1592.
^ Sandkühler, Hans Jörg (2010). "Ontologie: 4 Aktuelle Debatten und Gesamtentwürfe". Enzyklopädie Philosophie. Meiner. Archived from the original on 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
^ Borchert, Donald (2006). "Ontology". Macmillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Edition. Macmillan.

[Thomasson2-1] Thomasson, Amie (2019). "Categories". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[2] Mcdaniel, Kris (2010). "A Return to the Analogy of Being". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 81 (3): 688–717. doi:10.1111/j.1933-1592.2010.00378.x. ISSN 1933-1592.

[Sandkühler2-3] Sandkühler, Hans Jörg (2010). "Ontologie: 4 Aktuelle Debatten und Gesamtentwürfe". Enzyklopädie Philosophie. Meiner. Archived from the original on 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-01-14.

[Borchert2-4] Borchert, Donald (2006). "Ontology". Macmillan Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2nd Edition. Macmillan.

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