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Ideas for 'Consciousness', 'Must We Believe in Set Theory?' and 'The Possibility of Metaphysics'

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7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
Ontological categories are not natural kinds: the latter can only be distinguished using the former [Lowe]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 3. Proposed Categories
The top division of categories is either abstract/concrete, or universal/particular, or necessary/contingent [Lowe]
Lowe divides things into universals and particulars, then kinds and properties, and abstract/concrete [Lowe, by Westerhoff]
I see the 'role'/'occupant' distinction as fundamental to metaphysics [Lycan]