Generally, categories are understood to express the most general
features of reality. Yet, since categories have this special
status, obtaining a correct list of them is difficult. This
question is addressed by examining how Thomas Aquinas establishes
the list of categories through a technique of identifying diversity
in how predicates are per se related to their subjects. A
sophisticated critique by Duns Scotus of this position is also
examined, a rejection which is fundamentally grounded in the idea
that no real distinction can be made from a logical one. It is
argued Aquinas's approach can be rehabilitated in that real
distinctions are possible when specifically considering per se
modes of predication. This discussion between Aquinas and Scotus
bears fruit in a contemporary context insofar as it bears upon,
strengthens, and seeks to correct E. J. Lowe's four-category
ontology view regarding the identity and relation of the
categories.
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