and think about universals, but disagree on whether universals exist in reality beyond mere thought and speech. The problem of universals is considered...

will all share a universal "appleness". These qualities are the universals that the apples hold in common. The Problem of Universals asks three questions...

universals to be concrete. Most do not consider classes to be universals, although some prominent philosophers do, such as John Bigelow. The problem of...

questions that formed the basis of medieval debates about the status of universals. Do universals exist in the mind, or in reality? If in reality, are they physical...

position on the problem of universals. It is opposed to realist philosophies, such as Platonic realism, which assert that universals do exist over and...

g. as a solution to the problem of universals through resemblance nominalism or in the analysis of counterfactuals in terms of similarity between possible...

realism or Scotist formalism) is the Scotist position on the problem of universals. It is a form of moderate realism, which is sometimes referred to as 'scholastic...

point of controversy in philosophy. Nonetheless, it is considered to be a classical solution to the problem of universals. The original meaning of the term...

the mode of existence of universals. Platonists hold that universals exist in some form of "Platonic heaven" and thus exist independently of their instances...

predicates are something that is said of things). Like Plato, Aristotle used predication to address the Problem of Universals. In Fregean semantics, predication...

whether these universals exist in reality or merely in thought, speech and sight. Related to the problem of universals, the principle of individuation...

least one true universal, that of similarity. Two popular recent solutions to the problem of universals, as it relates to the possibility of entities existing...

the problem of universals consists in the challenge of characterizing the ontological status of universals. Realists argue that universals are real, mind-independent...

introduces the issue of universals here. Chapters 18–25 deal with the five predicables of Porphyry. Chapters 26–62 deal with the Categories of Aristotle, known...

philosophy of Immanuel Kant, who holds that universals have no connection with things as they are in themselves because they (universals) are exclusively...

One debate that has captured the interest of many philosophers is the debate over the meaning of universals. It might be asked, for example, why when...

metaphysics, particulars or individuals are usually contrasted with universals. Universals concern features that can be exemplified by various different particulars...

books include Logical Investigations of Predication Theory and the Problem of Universals (1986); Logical Studies in Early Analytic Philosophy (1987); Formal...

is described as incorporeal if it is not made out of matter. In the problem of universals, universals are separable from any particular embodiment in one...

is the theory of forms (or ideas), which has been interpreted as advancing a solution to what is now known as the problem of universals. He was decisively...

have some of the same properties is the basis of the problem of universals. A property is any member of a class of entities that are capable of being attributed...

in three books, composed between 1095 and 1105, discuss the problem of universals, and of genera and species from a realist viewpoint. De peccato originali...

historic problem of universals, describes how the theory can be extended to complex cases, and outlines how it applies to other issues in the theory of knowledge...

relativist perspective may deny the existence of cultural universals: the extent to which these universals are "cultural" in the narrow sense, or in fact...

BC, in Aristotle's Peri Hermeneias. The Triangle relates to the problem of universals, a philosophical debate which split ancient and medieval philosophers...

Solution to the Problem of Universals. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0199243778 Real Metaphysics: Essays in honour of D. H. Mellor (co-edited...

realism. Medieval realism developed out of debates over the problem of universals. Universals are terms or properties that can be applied to many things...

kinds of universals: absolute (opposite: statistical, often called tendencies) and implicational (opposite: non-implicational). Absolute universals apply...

Observation Incorporeality Philosophy of mathematics Platonic realm Platonism Present Problem of universals Self Universal (metaphysics) Rosen, Gideon (2020)...

to the problem of universals via nominalism and conceptualism and his pioneering of intent in ethics. Often referred to as the "Descartes of the twelfth...