A Theory of Universals: Volume 2

A Theory of Universals: Volume 2
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Publisher : CUP Archive
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 052128032X
ISBN-13 : 9780521280327
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Download or read book A Theory of Universals: Volume 2 written by D. M. Armstrong and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1978 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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