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Single Idea 16608

[filed under theme 7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism ]

Full Idea

Ockham is the scholastic paradigm of anti-realism with respect to the categories.

Gist of Idea

Ockham was an anti-realist about the categories

Source

report of William of Ockham (Summula philosophiae naturalis [1320]) by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 05.3

Book Ref

Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.86

A Reaction

These are the ten categories mentioned in Aristotle's book 'Categories'.

The 3 ideas from 'Summula philosophiae naturalis'

16608 Ockham was an anti-realist about the categories [William of Ockham, by Pasnau]
16599 Ockham says matter must be extended, so we don't need Quantity [William of Ockham, by Pasnau]
16681 Matter gets its quantity from condensation and rarefaction, which is just local motion [William of Ockham]