Seminar in Metaphysics - A

Categories in Metaphysics

This course provides an introduction to contemporary discussions of the main categories in ontology and metaphysics. The categories dealt with are: Abstracta, Concreta, Dispositions, Events, Incomplete Objects, Kinds, Modalities, Modes of Being, Properties, Relations, Space, States of Affairs, Substances, Time, Tropes, Universals, Values and Worlds. It also examines different ways of arguing for the relations between these categories and some of the main types of systematic metaphysics – extensional, intensional and hyper-intensional (Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque, what Calosi has called deserts, gardens and jungles). Some applications of metaphysics and ontology to other branches of philosophy – epistemology, philosophy of science, and practical philosophy will be considered, if there is time and interest.

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