nominalism

His argument was basically one against any form of nominalism.

The former position has been called philosophical realism, and the latter nominalism.

This concept, known as "nominalism," assumed that money had an intrinsic value which did not change.

Denying that classes and sets exist is the contemporary meaning of nominalism.

Whether nominalism can truly account for all of the relevant phenomena is debated.

Thus, he rejected both Platonic realism, and nominalism of all kinds.

This theory later came to be called nominalism.

Not less sharp was the separation over Nominalism and Realism.

He also calls it "postmodern nominalism" in that the names express the new and fashionable.

Nominalism was critical to the development of the law of contract and the modern industrial economy.

George Berkeley, best known for his empiricism, was also an advocate of an extreme nominalism.

It was immediately steeped in medieval nominalism and early Protestantism.

His position is a little bit closer to nominalism than that of Thomas Aquinas.

Nominalism was first formulated as a philosophical theory in the Middle Ages.

Nominalism had less effect on the Dominican theologians.

"Oh, Nominalism," he said, with a sort of sigh, "we had all that out in the twelfth century."

Trope theory in metaphysics is a version of nominalism.

The other solution is that of nominalism.

His current research is nominalism and photography.

His plan was to make theology plain and simple by founding it on the philosophical principles of nominalism.

They have emerged into the new Nominalism.

I am not in favour of nominalism.

As well as being a defence of mind, therefore, the early modern philosophy, through its nominalism, was also an attack on it.

Realism and Nominalism are philosophical subjects that come up in debates over whether or not species literally exist.

In broad terms, nominalism is the idea that "universals are not real, only particulars" (Young 107).