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This is a study, in two volumes, of one of the longest-standing philosophical problems: the problem of universals. In volume I David Armstrong surveys and criticizes the main approaches and solutions to the problems that have been canvassed, rejecting the various forms of nominalism and 'Platonic' realism. In volume II he develops an important theory of his own, an objective theory of universals based not on linguistic conventions, but on the actual and potential findings of natural science. He thus reconciles a realism about qualities and relations with an empiricist epistemology. The theory allows, too, for a convincing explanation of natural laws as relations between these universals.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Science: general issues Philosophy of science

• Full title: Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1
• Subtitle: Universals and Scientific Realism
• Author: D.M. Armstrong
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• EAN: 9780521280334
• ISBN: 0521280338
• ID: 04091366
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 228 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 139 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 09. October 1980

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