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| 18004 | We can't do philosophy without knowledge of types and categories |
| Full Idea: We are in the dark about the nature of philosophical problems and methods if we are in the dark about types and categories. | |||
| From: Gilbert Ryle (Categories [1938], p.189), quoted by Ofra Magidor - Category Mistakes 1.2 | |||
| A reaction: Magidor and others take this to be an assertion about language and logic, but I take it to be an assertion about reality. It is an early assertion of Schaffer's claim that ontology concerns the structure of existence, and not just what exists. |