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A Theory of Universals: Volume 2: Universals and Scientific Realism (v. 2)

By D. M. Armstrong

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1978
ISBN
9780521219501, 9780521280327, 052128032X, 0521219507
Open Library ID
OL7733371M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2417831 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
195\195
DPI
800
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

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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