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Word | Nominalism |
Swedish Meaning | nominalismen |
the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name / The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists. / the doctrine that universals or general ideas are mere names without any corresponding reality, and that only particular objects exist; properties, numbers, and sets are thought of as merely features of the way of considering the things that exist. Important in medieval scholastic thought, nominalism is associated particularly with William of Occam., | |
Usage | ⇒ Traditional, central, philosophical debates, such as those between realism and nominalism in regard to universals, are purportedly deflated by Wittgensteinian approaches. |
Synonyms | atomism, differentiation, differentness, distinctiveness, egohood, human factor, identity, individualism, individuality, integrity, nonconformity, oneness, particularism, particularity, personal equation, personal identity, personality, personship, philosophy, self-identity, |
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