Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1 Universals and Scientific Realism
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1980
/ Engelsk
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ISBN
9780521280334
Published
1980-10-09
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
420 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
1 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
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Engelsk
Format
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Heftet
Number of pages
168
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This is a study, in two volumes, of one of the longest-standing philosophical problems: the problem of universals. In volume I David Armstrong surveys and criticizes the main approaches and solutions to the problems that have been canvassed, rejecting the various forms of nominalism and 'Platonic' realism. In volume II he develops an important theory of his own, an objective theory of universals based not on linguistic conventions, but on the actual and potential findings of natural science. He thus reconciles a realism about qualities and relations with an empiricist epistemology. The theory allows, too, for a convincing explanation of natural laws as relations between these universals.
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Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Predicates; Part II. Theories of Universals: 2. Predicate nominalism; 3. Concept nominalism; 4. Class nominalism; 5. Resemblance nominalism; 6. Arguments for realism; 7. Transcendent universals; 8. Properties and relations as particulars; Part III. Particulars: 9. Are particulars reducible to universals?; 10. The Lockean account of particulars; 11. Particulars and universals; 12. A world-hypothesis.
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This is a study, in two volumes, of one of the longest standing philosophical problems: the problem of universals.
Product details
ISBN
9780521280334
Published
1980-10-09
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Weight
420 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Thickness
1 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
168
Author