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Nominalism about Properties

Author : Ghislain Guigon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317532260
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Nominalism about Properties written by Ghislain Guigon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominalism, which has its origins in the Middle Ages and continues into the Twenty-First Century, is the doctrine that there are no universals. This book is unique in bringing together essays on the history of nominalism and essays that present a systematic discussion of nominalism. It introduces the reader to the distinction between particulars and universals, to the difficulties posed by this distinction, and to the main motivations for the rejection of universals. It also describes the main varieties of nominalism about properties and provides tools to understand how they developed in the history of Western Philosophy. All essays are new and are written by experts on the topic, and they advance the discussion about nominalism to a new level.

Nominalism about Properties

Author : Ghislain Guigon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317532252
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Nominalism about Properties written by Ghislain Guigon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-11 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nominalism, which has its origins in the Middle Ages and continues into the Twenty-First Century, is the doctrine that there are no universals. This book is unique in bringing together essays on the history of nominalism and essays that present a systematic discussion of nominalism. It introduces the reader to the distinction between particulars and universals, to the difficulties posed by this distinction, and to the main motivations for the rejection of universals. It also describes the main varieties of nominalism about properties and provides tools to understand how they developed in the history of Western Philosophy. All essays are new and are written by experts on the topic, and they advance the discussion about nominalism to a new level.

Resemblance Nominalism

Author : Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199243778
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Resemblance Nominalism written by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-07-04 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardeners, poets, lovers, and philosophers are all interested in the redness of roses; but only philosophers wonder how it is that two different roses can share the same property. Are red things red because they resemble each other? Or do they resemble each other because they are red? Since the 1970s philosophers have tended to favour the latter view, and held that a satisfactory account of properties must involve the postulation of either universals or tropes. But Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra revives the dormant alternative theory of resemblance nominalism, showing first that it can withstand the attacks of such eminent opponents as Goodman and Armstrong, and then that there are reasons to prefer it to its rival theories. The clarity and rigour of his arguments will challenge metaphysicians to rethink their views on properties.

The Nature of Properties

Author : Michael Tooley
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815330660
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Properties written by Michael Tooley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1999 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Deflating Existential Consequence

Author : Jody Azzouni
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195159888
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Deflating Existential Consequence written by Jody Azzouni and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we take mathematical statements to be true, must we also believe in the existence of abstract invisible mathematical objects? This text claims that the way to escape such a commitment is to accept true statements which are about objects that don't exist in any sense at all.

Universals

Author : James Porter Moreland
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317490010
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Universals written by James Porter Moreland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things are particulars and their qualities are universals, but do universals have an existence distinct from the particular things describable by those terms? And what must be their nature if they do? This book provides a careful and assured survey of the central issues of debate surrounding universals, in particular those issues that have been a crucial part of the emergence of contemporary analytic ontology. The book begins with a taxonomy of extreme nominalist, moderate nominalist, and realist positions on properties, and outlines the way each handles the phenomena of predication, resemblance, and abstract reference. The debate about properties and philosophical naturalism is also examined. Different forms of extreme nominalism, moderate nominalism, and minimalist realism are critiqued. Later chapters defend a traditional realist view of universals and examine the objections to realism from various infinite regresses, the difficulties in stating identity conditions for properties, and problems with realist accounts of knowledge of abstract objects. In addition, the debate between Platonists and Aristotelians is examined alongside a discussion of the relationship between properties and an adequate theory of existence. The book's final chapter explores the problem of individuating particulars. The book makes accessible a difficult topic without blunting the sophistication of argument required by a more advanced readership.

Properties as Processes

Author : Johanna Seibt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780917930591
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Properties as Processes written by Johanna Seibt and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Peirce and the Threat of Nominalism

Author : Paul Forster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139497839
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Peirce and the Threat of Nominalism written by Paul Forster and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was a thinker of extraordinary depth and range - he wrote on philosophy, mathematics, psychology, physics, logic, phenomenology, semiotics, religion and ethics - but his writings are difficult and fragmentary. This book provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of Peirce's thought. His philosophy is presented as a systematic response to 'nominalism', the philosophy which he most despised and which he regarded as the underpinning of the dominant philosophical worldview of his time. The book explains Peirce's challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning and shows its implications for his views of knowledge, truth, the nature of reality, and ethics. It will be essential reading both for Peirce scholars and for those new to his work.

Priority Nominalism

Author : Guido Imaguire
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319950045
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Priority Nominalism written by Guido Imaguire and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph details a new solution to an old problem of metaphysics. It presents an improved version of Ostrich Nominalism to solve the Problem of Universals. This innovative approach allows one to resolve the different formulations of the Problem, which represents an important meta-metaphysical achievement. In order to accomplish this ambitious task, the author appeals to the notion and logic of ontological grounding. Instead of defending Quine’s original principle of ontological commitment, he proposes the principle of grounded ontological commitment. This represents an entirely new application of grounding. Some metaphysicians regard Ostrich Nominalism as a rejection of the problem rather than a proper solution to it. To counter this, the author presents solutions for each of the formulations. These include: the problem of predication, the problem of abstract reference, and the One Over Many as well as the Many Over One and the Similar but Different variants. This book will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary metaphysics. It will also serve as an ideal resource to scholars working on the history of philosophy. Many will recognize in the solution insights resembling those of traditional philosophers, especially of the Middle Ages.

Properties and Propositions

Author : Robert Trueman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108840477
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Properties and Propositions written by Robert Trueman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articulates and defends a novel theory of properties and propositions, based on Frege's insight that properties are not objects.

Types and Tokens

Author : Linda Wetzel
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262266148
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Types and Tokens written by Linda Wetzel and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2009-07-31 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A consideration of the distinction between the spatiotemporal furniture of the world (tokens) and the types of which they are instances, and an argument that types exist. There is a widely recognized but infrequently discussed distinction between the spatiotemporal furniture of the world (tokens) and the types of which they are instances. Words come in both types and tokens—for example, there is only one word type 'the' but there are numerous tokens of it on this page—as do symphonies, bears, chess games, and many other types of things. In this book, Linda Wetzel examines the distinction between types and tokens and argues that types exist (as abstract objects, since they lack a unique spatiotemporal location). Wetzel demonstrates the ubiquity of references to (and quantifications over) types in science and ordinary language; types have to be reckoned with, and cannot simply be swept under the rug. Wetzel argues that there are such things as types by undermining the epistemological arguments against abstract objects and offering extended original arguments demonstrating the failure of nominalistic attempts to paraphrase away such references to (and quantifications over) types. She then focuses on the relation between types and their tokens, especially for words, showing for the first time that there is nothing that all tokens of a type need have in common other than being tokens of that type. Finally, she considers an often-overlooked problem for realism having to do with types occurring in other types (such as words in a sentence) and proposes an important and original solution, extending her discussion from words and expressions to other types that structurally involve other types (flags and stars and stripes; molecules and atoms; sonatas and notes).

Apoha

Author : Mark Siderits
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231527381
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Apoha written by Mark Siderits and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we understand that something is a pot, is it because of one property that all pots share? This seems unlikely, but without this common essence, it is difficult to see how we could teach someone to use the word "pot" or to see something as a pot. The Buddhist apoha theory tries to resolve this dilemma, first, by rejecting properties such as "potness" and, then, by claiming that the element uniting all pots is their very difference from all non-pots. In other words, when we seek out a pot, we select an object that is not a non-pot, and we repeat this practice with all other items and expressions. Writing from the vantage points of history, philosophy, and cognitive science, the contributors to this volume clarify the nominalist apoha theory and explore the relationship between apoha and the scientific study of human cognition. They engage throughout in a lively debate over the theory's legitimacy. Classical Indian philosophers challenged the apoha theory's legitimacy, believing instead in the existence of enduring essences. Seeking to settle this controversy, essays explore whether apoha offers new and workable solutions to problems in the scientific study of human cognition. They show that the work of generations of Indian philosophers can add much toward the resolution of persistent conundrums in analytic philosophy and cognitive science.

Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1

Author : D. M. Armstrong
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9780521217415
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1 written by D. M. Armstrong and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1978-06-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Properties

Author : Douglas Edwards
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745684106
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Properties written by Douglas Edwards and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is populated with many different objects, to which we often attribute properties: we say, for example, that grass is green, that the earth is spherical, that humans are animals, and that murder is wrong. We also take it that these properties are things in their own right: there is something in which being green, or spherical, or an animal, or wrong, consists, and that certain scientific or normative projects are engaged in uncovering the essences of such properties. In light of this, an important question arises: what kind of things should we take properties themselves to be? In Properties, Douglas Edwards gives an engaging, accessible, and up-to-date introduction to the many theories of properties available. Edwards charts the central positions in the debate over properties, including the views that properties are universals, that properties are constructed from tropes, and that properties are classes of objects, and assesses the benefits and disadvantages of each. Attempts to deny the existence of properties are also considered, along with ‘pluralist’ proposals, which aim to accommodate the different kinds of properties that are found in various philosophical debates. Properties is the ideal introduction to this topic and will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students wishing to learn more about the important roles that properties have played, and continue to play, in contemporary philosophy.

Wilfrid Sellars, Idealism, and Realism

Author : Patrick Reider
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474238947
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Wilfrid Sellars, Idealism, and Realism written by Patrick Reider and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilfrid Sellars, Idealism, and Realism is the first study of its kind to address a range of realist and idealist views inspired by psychological nominalism. Bringing together premier analytic realists and distinguished defenders of German idealism, it reveals why psychological nominalism is one of the most important theories of the mind to come out the 20th century. The theory, first put forward by Wilfrid Sellars, argues that language is the only means by which humans can learn the types of socially shared practices that permit rationality. Although wedded to important aspects of German idealism, Sellars' theory is couched in bold realist terms of the analytic tradition. Those who are sympathetic to German idealism find this realist's appropriation of German idealism problematic. Wilfrid Sellars, Idealism and Realism thus creates a rare venue for realists and idealists to debate the epistemic outcome of the mental processes they both claim are essential to experience. Their resulting discussion bridges the gap between analytic and continental philosophy. In providing original and accessible chapters on psychological nominalism, this volume raises themes that intersect with numerous disciplines: the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics. It also provides clarity on arguably the best available account of why humans can reason, be self-aware, know, and act as agents.

Properties

Author : D. H. Mellor
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Properties written by D. H. Mellor and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we say a certain rose is red, we seem to be attributing a property, redness, to it. But are there really such properties? If so, what are they like, how do we know about them, and how are they related to the objects which have them and the linguistic devices which we use to talk about them? This collection presents these ancient problems in a modern light. In particular, it makes accessible for the first time the most important contributions to the contemporary controversy about the nature of properties. Those new to the subject will find the clearly-written introduction, by two experts in the field, an invaluable guide to the intricacies of this debate. The volume illustrates very well the aims and methods of modern metaphysics and show how a thorough understanding of the metaphysics of properties is crucial to most of analytic philosophy.

The Routledge Handbook of Properties

Author : A.R.J. Fisher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003811841
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Properties written by A.R.J. Fisher and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-22 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophical questions regarding both the existence and nature of properties are ubiquitous in ordinary life, the sciences, and philosophical theorising. In philosophy, it is one of the oldest topics discussed in various intellectual traditions – East and West – reaching back to Plato and Aristotle. Today, in the analytic tradition, properties continue to be a core area of study and research. The Routledge Handbook of Properties is an outstanding reference source to this perennial topic and is the first major volume of its kind. It contains forty specially commissioned chapters written by an international team of expert contributors, and is divided into nine clear parts: Methodology and Metaontology Distinctions Realism about Universals Nominalism Trope Theory Properties in Causation, Time, and Modality Properties in Science Properties in Language and Mind Properties in the Normative Realm, the Social World, and Aesthetics The Routledge Handbook of Properties is essential reading for anyone studying and researching metaphysics, metametaphysics, and ontology, and will also be of interest to those in closely related areas such as philosophy of science, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, ethics, and aesthetics.