Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1: Universals and Scientific Realism - Rilegato

Armstrong, D. M.

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ISBN 10: 0521217415 ISBN 13: 9780521217415

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1978

Riassunto

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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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.

Contenuti

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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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0521217415
• ISBN 13: 9780521217415
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 164