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Every practice makes certain assumptions regarding something that exists, or rather, regarding what that which exists is like. Ontology can be understood as the project of systematically reflecting upon these assumptions and organising them into a system. Everyday ontology is based on the conviction that, within this system, the assumptions about existence underlying our everyday practices are fundamental – at any rate, in comparison with specialised practices, such as those within individual academic disciplines. Categorical ontology, as presented from the perspective of everyday ontology, encompasses things that, in Aristotelian terms, can be understood as units of matter and form, particular properties or modes, and finally those ‘occurrences’ to which events, states and processes are attributed. The aim is to show that these are, in fact, the assumptions about existence underlying everyday practice: the elements or entities of categorical reality. Building on this, one can also determine the ontological status of quasi-entities. These include, for example, the assumptions of the natural sciences at their current state of development. Quasi-individual objects and the epiphenomenal phenomena of our everyday lifeworld also fall into this category. These range from masses to natural formations and spatial, temporal and causal relationships. The book draws on the author’s individual writings; it is therefore a synthesis and also fulfils the role of an introduction to ontology, albeit from a specific perspective.
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