The Four-Category Ontology: A Metaphysical Foundation for Natural Science

by E.J. Lowe

Book Overview

E. J. Lowe sets out and defends his theory of what there is. His four-category ontology is a metaphysical system that recognizes two fundamental categorial distinctions which cut across each other to generate four fundamental ontological categories. The distinctions are between the particular and the universal and between the substantial and the non-substantial. The four categories thus generated are substantial particulars, non-substantial particulars,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199229813
• ISBN13: 9780199229819
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"