Single Idea 4481

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals]

Full Idea

Austere nominalists insist that the realist's universals lack the requisite independent identifiability.

Gist of Idea

Austere nominalists insist that the realist's universals lack the requisite independent identifiability

Source

Michael J. Loux (Metaphysics: contemporary introduction [1998], p.60)

Book Reference

Loux,Michael J.: 'Metaphysics: a contemporary introduction' [Routledge 2000], p.60


A Reaction

Plato's view seems to be that we don't identify universals independently. We ascend The Line, or think about the shadows in The Cave, and infer the universals from an array of particulars (by dialectic).