Theory of categories
In ontology, the highest kinds or genera of entities
In ontology, the highest kinds or genera of entities
In ontology, the theory of categories concerns itself with the categories of being: the highest genera or kinds of entities. To investigate the categories of being, or simply categories, is to determine the most fundamental and the broadest classes of entities. A distinction between such categories, in making the categories or applying them, is called an ontological distinction. Various systems of classification have been proposed; these often include categories for substances, properties, relations, states of affairs, or events. A representative question within the theory of categories might be, for example, that which asks: "Are universals prior to particulars?"
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