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Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1: Universals and Scientific Realism (Universals & Scientific Realism)

By D. M. Armstrong

Book information

Year
1978
ISBN
9780521217415, 9780521280334, 0521280338, 0521217415
LCC
B105.U5 A75
Open Library ID
OL4565638M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1859846 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
160\160
DPI
800
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

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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