British metaphysician who developed a four-category ontology — individual substances, kinds (universal substances), attributes (universal properties), and modes (individual properties) — and argued for the coherence of non-Cartesian substance dualism.
Four-category ontology: the fundamental categories are individual substances, kinds, attributes, and modes — all four are irreducible and mutually dependent. Non-Cartesian substance dualism: the self is a substantial entity that is neither identical to the brain nor a Cartesian immaterial soul.
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