Talk:Theory of categories

message: As a major topic in metaphysics, perhaps the biggest, it strikes me how poor this page is. It is clearly a mish-mash of different writers using inconsistent terminology (the poor quality is even reflected in the article's title: the article is called "category of being," even though the bolded word in the opening sentence is "categories of being." Before I added it, searching for "ontological scheme" did not even redirect here.
I think an expert should rewrite the whole thing, starting off by giving the goal (to create a minimal, exhaustive, and exclusive list of all the fundamental kinds (no universal negative categories, or disjunctive categories) of things that exist) - i.e. a category has to "earn" a place on the list by proving itself to be irreducible to other categories, or capable of being eliminated entirely. In the second part, s/he should then list the categories that have been argued to exist (be generous in this part, since reductive/eliminative arguments will come next). And in the third part, s/he should discuss arguments for/against certain categories e.g. Hume argued that space and time don't "deserve" a category on the list because they are only constructs of the human mind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KSchutte (talk • contribs) 20:34, 31 January 2007
:I generally agree with the unsigned comment above (by Nathanjones15). 1Z 21:06, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Any real expert in this subject would not admit to it. An "expert" would tell  you "all I know is that i know not." Basically states that we are all ignorant. sorry just my two cents( please note this is not to be taken as anything more then a trivial point being made)--Designdroide 00:16, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Called for an expert 

message: The link to point of view in the Categorical distinctions section is pointing to a disambiguation page that I'm currently working on.  I have no idea where the proper location of this link should go.  Could one of the article editors please take a look at Point of view and move the link accordingly?  Or post here and let me know and I'll do it? - Thank you. - Zvar 17:09, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Point of View 

message: There is a take on ousia which regards every individual thing as infinite. I believe it is so in The Symposium, certainly in Blake, and elsewhere. If it is taken as such the 'bundle theory' and phylogenic and  culturo-symbolic adaptations in man create a very interesting system. Wblakesx (talk) 19:02, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ousia 

message: Fink, Eugen, Ute Saine, and Thomas Saine. "The oasis of happiness: Toward an ontology of play." Yale French Studies (1968): 19-30.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idrisdaneel (talk • contribs) 09:41, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  biased uneducated opinion | [[WP:UCB|Assisted by Citation bot r579]], &nbsp; 

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message: I'm glad to wait a few days, but I think the multiple issues tag should be removed from this article. Most sections have citations attached to practically every line and the sources cited are standard and non-problematic. ThomasMikael (talk) 14:02, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. It would be helpful to re-add corresponding tags to the problematic sections or passages, if there are still any. Phlsph7 (talk) 04:08, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing the "Multiple Issues" tag if I hear no objections