Table of Contents

I. Metaphysics, Ontology, and Logic
1: Ontological Categories and Categorical Schemes
2: The Four-Category Ontology and its Rivals
3: Some Formal Ontological Relations
4: Formal Ontology and Logical Syntax
II. Objects and Properties
5: The Concept of an Object in Formal Ontology
6: Properties, Modes, and Universals
7: Ramsey's Problem and its Solution
III. Metaphysics and Natural Science
8: Dispositions Natural Laws
9: Kinds, Essence, and Natural Necessity
10: Categorial Ontology and Scientific Essentialism
IV. Truth, Truthmaking, and Metaphysical Realism
11: Metaphysical Realism and the Unity of Truth
12: Truthmaking, Necessity, and Essential Dependence

Reviews

Lowe's is the best and most comprehensive attempt I know of to present a system of ontological categories in terms acceptable to present day analytical philosophers. Peter Van Inwagen, Times Literary Supplement The book is ambitious in its goals and clear in its presentation...those who follow Lowe's work will appreciate having a systemic statement of his current philosophical position. New readers will also find many topics of interest. Ryan Wasserman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews