• Part I. the Realistic Background: 1. Introduciton; 2. The nature of attributes; 3. The existence of attributes; 4. Propositions as reducible to attributes; 5. The intentional structure of attributes; 6. The primacy of the intentional; Part II. The Basic Categories: 7. The ontology of the theory of classes; 8. The nature of relations; 9. Times and the temporal; 10. States and events; 11. Spatial entities and material substances; 12. Persons and their bodies; Part III. Homeless Objects: 13. Appearances; 14. Intentionalia; 15. Fictitious objects; Part IV. Application to Philosophical Theology: 16. Necessary substance.

"Chisholm's approach is characteristically concise.... There are ideas aplenty here...." Robert Pasnau, Review of Metaphysics

• Part I. the Realistic Background: 1. Introduciton; 2. The nature of attributes; 3. The existence of attributes; 4. Propositions as reducible to attributes; 5. The intentional structure of attributes; 6. The primacy of the intentional; Part II. The Basic Categories: 7. The ontology of the theory of classes; 8. The nature of relations; 9. Times and the temporal; 10. States and events; 11. Spatial entities and material substances; 12. Persons and their bodies; Part III. Homeless Objects: 13. Appearances; 14. Intentionalia; 15. Fictitious objects; Part IV. Application to Philosophical Theology: 16. Necessary substance.

"Chisholm's approach is characteristically concise.... There are ideas aplenty here...." Robert Pasnau, Review of Metaphysics

• Part I. the Realistic Background: 1. Introduciton; 2. The nature of attributes; 3. The existence of attributes; 4. Propositions as reducible to attributes; 5. The intentional structure of attributes; 6. The primacy of the intentional; Part II. The Basic Categories: 7. The ontology of the theory of classes; 8. The nature of relations; 9. Times and the temporal; 10. States and events; 11. Spatial entities and material substances; 12. Persons and their bodies; Part III. Homeless Objects: 13. Appearances; 14. Intentionalia; 15. Fictitious objects; Part IV. Application to Philosophical Theology: 16. Necessary substance.

"Chisholm's approach is characteristically concise.... There are ideas aplenty here...." Robert Pasnau, Review of Metaphysics