15387 | If things were singular they would only differ numerically, but horse and tulip differ more than that [Duns Scotus, by Panaccio] |
15386 | If only the singular exists, science is impossible, as that relies on true generalities [Duns Scotus, by Panaccio] |
16639 | Only individual bodies exist [Bacon] |
8494 | Obviously 'Socrates is wise' and 'Socrates has wisdom' express the same fact [Ramsey] |
10151 | I am a deeply convinced nominalist [Tarski] |
8505 | Refusal to explain why different tokens are of the same type is to be an ostrich [Armstrong] |
18957 | Nominalism only makes sense if it is materialist [Putnam] |
10534 | 'Nominalism' used to mean denial of universals, but now means denial of abstract objects [Dummett] |
9880 | Nominalism assumes unmediated mental contact with objects [Dummett] |
11913 | For nominalists, predicate extensions are inexplicable facts [Molnar] |
11962 | Nominalists only accept first-order logic [Molnar] |
10744 | Nominalism can reject abstractions, or universals, or sets [Oliver] |
8961 | Nominalists are motivated by Ockham's Razor and a distrust of unobservables [Hoffman/Rosenkrantz] |
4482 | Austere nominalism has to take a host of things (like being red, or human) as primitive [Loux] |
21633 | Nominalists suspect that properties etc are our projections, and could have been different [Williamson] |
9435 | A 'porridge' nominalist thinks we just divide reality in any way that suits us [Mumford] |
4459 | Moderate nominalism attempts to embrace the existence of properties while avoiding universals [Moreland] |