The Four-Category Ontology: A Metaphysical Foundation for Natural Science

The Four-Category Ontology: A Metaphysical Foundation for Natural Science

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-240

  Lowe, E J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Categories; Causation; Dispositions; Laws; Metaphysics; Necessity; Ontology; Realism; Truth; Universals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869398538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199254397.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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