Nominalism about properties: new essays
by Guigon, Ghislain Rodriguez-Pereyra, Gonzalo
Nominalism, which has its origins in the Middle Ages and continues into the Twenty-First Century, is the doctrine that there are no universals. This book is unique in bringing together essays on the history of nominalism and essays that present a systematic discussion of nominalism. It introduces the reader to the distinction between particulars and universals, to the difficulties posed by this distinction, and to the main motivations for the rejection of universals. It also describes the main …
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- Full title :Nominalism about properties : new essays / edited by Ghislain Guigon and Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra.
Summary
Nominalism, which has its origins in the Middle Ages and continues into the Twenty-First Century, is the doctrine that there are no universals. This book is unique in bringing together essays on the history of nominalism and essays that present a systematic discussion of nominalism. It introduces the reader to the distinction between particulars and universals, to the difficulties posed by this distinction, and to the main motivations for the rejection of universals. It also describes the main varieties of nominalism about properties and provides tools to understand how they developed in the h.
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- Publication Date:2015.
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- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781317532262, 1317532260, 9781315724874, 1315724871, 9781317532248, 1317532244, 9781317532255, 1317532252
- oclc:ocn903488818
- LC Classification:B731
- Dewey Decimal:111/.2
Table of Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction; PART I The Historical Development of the Problem of Universals and Nominalism; 2 Aristotle's Definitions of Universals and Individuals in de Interpretatione 7; 3 Abelard's Theory of Universals; 4 Ockham's Ontology; 5 Hume on Spatial Properties; PART II Systematic Discussion; 6 Six Similarity Theories of Properties; 7 The Trope Coextension Problem; 8 Coextension and Identity; 9 A Trope Nominalist Theory of Natural Kinds; 10 Nominalism, Naturalism and Natural Properties; 11 Avoiding Ad Hoc Ontology; Contributors; Index.
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