192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface and acknowledgements 1. The problem(s) of universals 2. Extreme nominalism and properties 3. Moderate nominalism and properties 4. Minimalist realism: Wolterstorff's kinds and Armstrong's properties 5. Traditional realism: properties are abstract objects 6. Traditional realism: issues and objections 7. The individuation of particulars Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
J. P. Moreland
