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| Nominalism: nominalism is the view that universals (for example, triangles, blackness) are merely artificial constructions from individual cases. The linguistic expressions are merely names for these constructs. See also universalism, conceptualism, general terms, categories, generalization, generality._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Uwe Meixner on Nominalism - Dictionary of Arguments
I 87 Nominalism/Meixner: the thesis that all entities are individuals. I 88 These words must then be concrete sound events or concrete inscriptions for the nominalist. The word "word" in turn must not denote a type object (also called "ontological individualism"). Radical nominalism/Meixner: Thesis: That all entities are actual individuals. Most radical nominalism/Meixner: Thesis: All entities are actual physical individuals. Materialism/Meixner: Materialism would like to represent the most radical nominalism, but it turns out that only a restricted nominalism can be represented. Reconstructive nominalism: thesis: all entities are individuals and the basic individuals (BI) are physical, but at the same time: 1. most individuals (including BI) are non-actual 2. all sets over BI are also individuals (honorific "physical"). Then universals can be regarded as individual-like entities. a) Variant of Carnap: basic individuals taken as individuals. b) David Lewis: BI on the contrary equated with maximally consistent individuals. (Sets of properties). >Actualism, >Possibilism, >D. Lewis. I 94 Nominalism: Thesis: There are no true-making entities. >Universals, >Truthmakers. Extreme nominalism: must change the language. >Everyday language, >Ontology._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Mei I U. Meixner Einführung in die Ontologie Darmstadt 2004 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16