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Nominalism About Properties - New Essays

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Nominalism, which has its origins in the Middle Ages and continues into the Twenty-First Century, is the doctrine that there are no universals. This book is unique in bringing together essays on the history of nominalism and essays that present a systematic discussion of nominalism. It introduces the reader to the distinction between particulars and universals, to the difficulties posed by this distinction, and to the main motivations for the rejection of universals. It also describes the main varieties of nominalism about properties and provides tools to understand how they developed in the history of Western Philosophy. All essays are new and are written by experts on the topic, and they advance the discussion about nominalism to a new level.

List of contents

1. Introduction Ghislain Guigon and Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra Part I: The Historical Development of the Problem of Universals and Nominalism 2. Aristotle’s Definitions of Universals and Individuals in de Interpretatione 7 Paolo Crivelli 3. Abelard’s Theory of Universals John Marenbon 4. Ockham’s Ontology Claude Panaccio 5. Hume on Spatial Properties Jani Hakkarainen Part II: Systematic Discussion 6. Six Similarity Theories of Properties A. C. Paseau 7. The Trope Coextension Problem Douglas Ehring 8. Coextension and Identity Ghislain Guigon 9. A Trope Nominalist Theory of Natural Kinds Markku Keinänen 10. Nominalism, Naturalism and Natural Properties Joseph Melia 11. Avoiding ad hoc Ontology Nicholas Mantegani

About the author

Guigon, Ghislain; Rodriguez-Pereyra, Gonzalo

Product details

Authors Ghislain Rodriguez-Pereyra Guigon
Assisted by Ghislain Guigon (Editor), Guigon Ghislain (Editor), Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra (Editor), Rodriguez-Pereyra Gonzalo (Editor)
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 02.02.2015
 
EAN 9781138849938
ISBN 978-1-138-84993-8
No. of pages 224
Series Routledge Studies in Metaphysics
Subjects Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works

PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

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