Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1: Universals and Scientific Realism - Couverture rigide

Armstrong, D. M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521217415 ISBN 13 : 9780521217415

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1978

Synopsis

This is a study, in two volumes, of one of the longest standing philosophical problems: the problem of universals.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1978
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521217415
• ISBN 13: 9780521217415
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 164
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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