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ONTOLOGICAL CATEGORIES
- ONTOLOGY
- EXISTENCE ( second order property )
- General Existence
- Concepts
- Universals
- Existence distinctions concerned with either
- Abstract
- concrete
- Distinctions whether
- possible
- contingent
- necessary
- Distinctions of existence whether
- physical existence
- mental existence
- substance
- bare particular , a bare particular of an object is the element without which the object would not exist.
- inherence
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- predicable, attribute, quality, feature, characteristic, type, exemplifiable, predicate, and intensional entity
- relations
- states of affairs
- situation
- truth bearer ( proposition )
- true or false
- truth maker ( a state of affair )
- obtain or fail to obtain
- fact which are already obtained
- events
EXISTENCE
SINGULAR AND GENERAL EXISTENCE
Singular existence is the existence of individual entities while general existence refers to the existence of concepts or universals.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EXISTENCE
In contemporary philosophy, there are at least three prevailing ways to understand what a concept is:
ABSTRACT AND CONCRETE
Entities present in space and time have concrete existence in contrast to abstract entities, like numbers and sets. The type–token distinction identifies physical objects that are tokens of a particular type of thing. The type of which it is a part is in itself an abstract object. The abstract–concrete distinction is often introduced and initially understood in terms of paradigmatic examples of objects of each kind:
RELATIVE ( ROLE ) AND ABSOLUTE ( FORM )
- relative action and motion
- relative velocity
- social relations
KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
- Variables
- unknown variable
- known variable
- parameter
- known
- unknown
- known
- indefinite
- definite
- unknown
- indefinite , doubtful , suspicion
- definite parameter
CATEGORIES
SUBSTANCE
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- genus
- matter
- species
- solid
- liquid
- gas
RELATIONS
- RELATIONS , REFERENCE
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- allow substance to pass through
QUANTITY
- number
QUALITY
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- dimensions
- Size
- shape
- form
- mass
- energy
- temperature
- humidity
- current
- material
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EVENTS
- Generalization
- energy
- events
- phenomena
- process
- art
- mechanism
- reaction
- Particular events , phenomena
STATES OF AFFAIRS
- Generalization
- states of affairs , situation , condition , state
- particular
- mood , mental state
Discussion