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Ontology
(1,167 words)
Abstract: This entry elucidates ontology as the study of the categories of being, surveys important historical and contemporary understandings of ontology, explores its central concepts, and discusse…
Monism
(2,518 words)
Abstract: In metaphysics, monism is the view that there is only
one entity or instance of a certain ontological kind, or only
one species of entity falling under a certain ontological category. In this article, a number of mo…
Universals
(2,280 words)
Abstract: This article surveys historical and contemporary views on the problem of universals, distinguishing extreme realism, moderate realism, and varieties of nominalism, including conceptualism. …
