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Universals is both a paradigm of exposition and a case study on the value of careful analysis of fundamental issues in philosophy. It focuses on a battle between Nominalists and Realists over the status of properties and relations and useful for advanced undergraduates in philosophy.

List of contents

Preface -- The Problem -- Primitive Natural Classes -- Resemblance Nominalism -- Particulars as Bundles of Universals -- Universals as Attributes -- Tropes -- Summing Up

About the author

D. M. Armstrong

Summary

Universals is both a paradigm of exposition and a case study on the value of careful analysis of fundamental issues in philosophy. It focuses on a battle between Nominalists and Realists over the status of properties and relations and useful for advanced undergraduates in philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: D. Armstrong, D. M. Armstrong, Armstrong D. M.
• Publisher: Westview Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1989
• EAN: 9780813307725
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-0772-5
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Focus Series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology