Yes, some categories are more useful than others for understanding the universe. Or for various other purposes. Categories more useful for one thing are not always more useful for another. (E.g., Scott’s example of hypothetical-Solomon’s Ministry of Dag and Ministry of Behemah; hypothetical-Solomon would not have been well served by trying to have a Ministry of Mammals instead.)
The fact that some categories are more useful than others doesn’t stop it being true that “the categories were made for man”. It just means that our choices of categories aren’t 100% arbitrary. And that’s OK, because Scott is not claiming that they are.
Yes, some categories are more useful than others for understanding the universe. Or for various other purposes. Categories more useful for one thing are not always more useful for another. (E.g., Scott’s example of hypothetical-Solomon’s Ministry of Dag and Ministry of Behemah; hypothetical-Solomon would not have been well served by trying to have a Ministry of Mammals instead.)
The fact that some categories are more useful than others doesn’t stop it being true that “the categories were made for man”. It just means that our choices of categories aren’t 100% arbitrary. And that’s OK, because Scott is not claiming that they are.