Ontology in a Nutshell
This semester I am teahcing Mteaphysics 1 for the first time. This week, we talked about how almost every ontological category goes through the same historical dynamics: Paradox: First, an inconsistency is discovered among our theories, intuitions, or other strongly held convictions. Pluralism: Then, an ontological distinction is introduced to recover consistency. Unity in Plurality: But, it is also noticed that there are important relations between both sorts of beings. Aristotelianism: These relations are then modeled in a way that suggests that one of the two ways of being is more fundamental than the other. Reductionism (Monist Anti-Realist Revenge): Finally, it is suggested that, actually, only the so-called fundamental one is the only real way of being. And I think it clearly holds for god: Paradox: First, many inconsistencies are found in the divine way of being Pluralism: Then, an ontological distinction be...