The Non-existence of Ontological Categories: A defence of Lowe

Miller, J. T. M.

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“…For ease of exposition, I will simply talk of ontological categories, but this should be taken to refer to formal categories, and not to some additional entity that exists in addition to the members of the category. This could, of course, be doubted, but I will simply assume it here, noting that it has significant independent support (see Lowe 2006, Miller 2016). 3 Despite the importance of ontological categories within philosophical theorizing, there remains relatively little dedicated literature to the topic of what they are, how to understand them, or distinguish them from non-ontological categories.…”

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Hyperintensionality and Ontological Categories

Miller

2022

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In this paper, I discuss how to distinguish between ontological categories and ordinary categories. Using an argument against van Inwagen’s proposed account of what makes a category ontological as a springboard, I argue that if ontological categories are modally robust, then ontological categories need to be understood hyperintensionally. This conclusion opens up a wide range of new ways to define ‘ontological category’, and I close by briefly outlining one such way in order to illustrate the advantages of embracing hyperintensionality in this debate.

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“…The members of the categories are ontological commitments; the categories are ideological. See Lowe for a view like this, and Miller for a defense of that view.…”

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Are All Primitives Created Equal?

Miller¹

2018

The Southern J of Philosophy

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Primitives are both important and unavoidable, and which set of primitives we endorse will greatly shape our theories and how those theories provide solutions to the problems that we take to be important. After introducing the notion of a primitive posit, I discuss the different kinds of primitives that we might posit. Following Cowling (2013), I distinguish between ontological and ideological primitives, and, following Benovsky (2013), between functional and content views of primitives. I then propose that these two distinctions cut across each other leading to four types of primitive posits. I then argue that theoretical virtues should be taken to be metatheoretical ideological primitives. I close with some reflections on the global nature of comparing sets of primitives. J. T. M. Miller is a philosopher based at Trinity College, Dublin. His primary areas of research are metaphysics and philosophy of language. He is the author of several papers on topics in fundamental ontology, categorial ontology, and the nature of language and its relationship to human cognition. He is co-editing the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics.

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“…жається суперечливою: вона має як своїх прибiчникiв (напр. : [2,[12][13][14]16]), так i опонентiв (напр. : [3][4][5][6]).…”

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Чотирикатегорiальна онтологiя Едварда Джонатана Лоу (огляд)

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Британський аналiтичний фiлософ Едвард Джонатан Лоу створює чотирикатегорiальну онтологiю як основу для метафiзики як теорiї категорiй. Фундаментальними онтологiчними категорiями онтологiї Е.Дж. Лоу є: об’єкт як субстанцiальна партикулярiя, вид як субстанцiальна унiверсалiя, властивостi та вiдношення як несубстанцiальнi унiверсалiї, спосiб буття як несубстанцiальна партикулярiя. Об’єкт є конкретним прикладом виду, який водночас може бути втiлений властивостями та вiдношеннями i характеризуватися способами буття. Способи буття є конкретними прикладами властивостей i вiдношень. Види можуть бути охарактеризованi властивостями та вiдношеннями.

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The Non-existence of Ontological Categories: A defence of Lowe

Abstract: AbstractThis paper addresses the ontological status of the ontological categories as defended within E.J. Lowe’s four-category ontology (kinds, objects, properties/relations, and modes). I consider the arguments in Griffith (2015. “Do Ontological Categories Exist?”

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Hyperintensionality and Ontological Categories

Hyperintensionality and Ontological Categories

Are All Primitives Created Equal?

Чотирикатегорiальна онтологiя Едварда Джонатана Лоу (огляд)

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