A Theory of Universals: Universals and Scientific Realism - Couverture souple

Armstrong, D

 
9780521280327: A Theory of Universals: Universals and Scientific Realism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 052128032X ISBN 13 : 9780521280327
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

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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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.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
052128032X
ISBN 13 
9780521280327
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
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9780521219501: A Theory of Universals: Volume 2: Universals and Scientific Realism

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521219507 ISBN 13 :  9780521219501
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1978
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