1st Edition

Universals An Opinionated Introduction

By D. M. Armstrong Copyright 1989
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

163 Pages
by Routledge

In this short text, a distinguished philosopher turns his attention to one of the oldest and most fundamental philosophical problems of all: How it is that we are able to sort and classify different things as being of the same natural class? Professor Armstrong carefully sets out six major theories?ancient, modern, and contemporary?and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each. Recognizing... Read more
Preface -- The Problem -- Primitive Natural Classes -- Resemblance Nominalism -- Particulars as Bundles of Universals -- Universals as Attributes -- Tropes -- Summing Up

Biography

D. M. Armstrong