and think about universals, but disagree on whether universals exist in reality beyond mere thought and speech. The problem of universals is considered...

will all share a universal "appleness". These qualities are the universals that the apples hold in common. The problem of universals asks three questions...

position on the problem of universals. It is opposed to realist philosophies, such as Platonic realism, which assert that universals do exist over and...

universals to be concrete. Most do not consider classes to be universals, although some prominent philosophers do, such as John Bigelow. The problem of...

whether these universals exist in reality or merely in thought, speech and sight. Related to the problem of universals, the principle of individuation...

considered to be a classical solution to the problem of universals. Referring to Forms, Plato used a number of Ancient Greek terms that mainly relate to...

g. as a solution to the problem of universals through resemblance nominalism or in the analysis of counterfactuals in terms of similarity between possible...

questions that formed the basis of medieval debates about the status of universals. Do universals exist in the mind, or in reality? If in reality, are they physical...

One debate that has captured the interest of many philosophers is the debate over the meaning of universals. It might be asked, for example, why when...

realism or Scotist formalism) is the Scotist position on the problem of universals. It is a form of moderate realism, which is sometimes referred to as 'scholastic...

the mode of existence of universals. Platonists hold that universals exist in some form of "Platonic heaven" and thus exist independently of their instances...

predicates are something that is said of things). Like Plato, Aristotle used predication to address the Problem of Universals. In Fregean semantics, predication...

Trope theories assume that universals are unnecessary. This use of the term goes back to D. C. Williams (1953). The basic problem has been discussed previously...

historic problem of universals, describes how the theory can be extended to complex cases, and outlines how it applies to other issues in the theory of knowledge...

Philosophy of mathematics Platonic realm Platonism Present Problem of universals Rosen, Gideon (2020). "Abstract Objects". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy...

have some of the same properties is the basis of the problem of universals. A property is any member of a class of entities that are capable of being attributed...

introduces the issue of universals here. Chapters 18–25 deal with the five predicables of Porphyry. Chapters 26–62 deal with the Categories of Aristotle, known...

desks". I. M. Resnick (1997), Odo of Tournai, the Phoenix, and the Problem of Universals, Journal of the History of Philosophy, Volume 35, Number 3, pp...

is described as incorporeal if it is not made out of matter. In the problem of universals, universals are separable from any particular embodiment in one...

famous contribution is the theory of forms (or ideas), which aims to solve what is now known as the problem of universals. He was influenced by the pre-Socratic...

philosophical problems. Universals The view of conceptualism assumes that universals, such as "justice" or "beauty,” are mental constructs of the human mind...

metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with universals. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars...

energy exists and want to capture it." In the context of feminist metaphysics, the problem of universals led to a division between gender realists and gender...

to the problem of universals via nominalism and conceptualism and his pioneering of intent in ethics. Often referred to as the "Descartes of the twelfth...

mathematical objects. The problem of universals is an ancient problem in metaphysics about whether universals exist. Universals are general or abstract...

the problem of universals consists in the challenge of characterizing the ontological status of universals. Realists argue that universals are real, mind-independent...

books include Logical Investigations of Predication Theory and the Problem of Universals (1986); Logical Studies in Early Analytic Philosophy (1987); Formal...

Solution to the Problem of Universals. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0199243778 Real Metaphysics: Essays in honour of D. H. Mellor (co-edited...

Aristotle's theory of universals Problem of universals Universals (Central Council of Ukraine), a series of legal declarations 1917–1918 Universal (disambiguation)...

categories of particulars and universals. Particulars are unique, non-repeatable entities, such as the person Socrates, whereas universals are general...