Ontological Categories / / ed. by Javier Cumpa, Erwin Tegtmeier.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Cumpa, Javier,; Hochberg, Herbert,; Johansson, Ingvar,; Lowe, Jonathan,; Mertz, Donald,; Poli, Roberto,; Tegtmeier, Erwin,; Wilson, Fred,
• HerausgeberIn: Cumpa, Javier,; Tegtmeier, Erwin,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Eide : Foundations of Ontology , 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Introduction: An Old, but ever New, World The Old, but ever New, Problems --; • CATEGORIES STUDIES • --; 1. Categoriality: Three Disputes Over the Structure of the World --; 2. Properties, Facts and Complexity --; 3. Order, Direction, Logical Priority and Ontological Categories --; 4. Ontological Categories: Why Four are Better than Two --; 5. Attribute Instances: The First Ontic Category --; 6. Ontological Categories, Latents and the Irrational --; 7. Categories and Categorial Entities --; 8. Including These Categories in One’s Ontology, Excluding Those Categories: Some Reflections on the Role of a Principle of Acquaintance in Ontology --; Bibliography
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110329599; 9783110238570; 9783110238488; 9783110636949; 9783110331226; 9783110331219
• ISSN: 2198-1841
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110329599
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Javier Cumpa, Erwin Tegtmeier.

This volume is about ontological categories. The categories of an ontology are designed to classify all existents. They are crucial and characterize an ontology.