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Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1 - Universals and Scientific Realism (Paperback, Revised): D.M. Armstrong

Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1 - Universals and Scientific Realism (Paperback, Revised)

D.M. Armstrong

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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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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 1980
First published: 1980
Authors: D.M. Armstrong
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 168
Edition: Revised
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-28033-4
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Philosophy of science
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LSN: 0-521-28033-8
Barcode: 9780521280334

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