Single Idea 13122

[catalogued under 7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories]

Full Idea

Lowe's Ontological Categories: ENTITIES - {Universals - [Kinds - (Non-natural)(Natural)] [Properties, Relations]} {Particulars - [Abstracta - (Sets)(others)] [Concreta - (Objects)(Non-Objects)]} etc

Gist of Idea

Lowe divides things into universals and particulars, then kinds and properties, and abstract/concrete

Source

report of E.J. Lowe (The Possibility of Metaphysics [1998], p.181) by Jan Westerhoff - Ontological Categories §01

Book Reference

Westerhoff,Jan: 'Ontological Categories' [OUP 2005], p.14


A Reaction

[my linear representation of a tree diagram; bracket-styles show levels] Lowe's levels below these divide according to whether things are 'substances' or not. I've heard Kit Fine tease Lowe for being too simplistic about ontology.