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- ==Problem of Universals== and medieval philosophy, the problem of universals has been a major ...9 KB (1,457 words) - 12:01, 3 May 2023
- (c. 1265-1308) dealt with the problem of universals from the viewpoint ... ==The Problem of Universals== The problem of universals arises from ...19 KB (2,997 words) - 02:38, 16 November 2022
- widely known counter-argument to the problem of universals. The problem of universals held that individuals point to supra-individual ...11 KB (1,517 words) - 15:21, 14 May 2023
- later discussions of logic and the problem of universals. His Neoplatonist ... discussions of logic and the problem of universals. In medieval textbooks ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- surrounding empiricism and the problem of universals. Metonymy, in linguistics ... surrounding empiricism and the problem of universals. It has also recently ...15 KB (2,253 words) - 06:45, 14 June 2023
- nature," derived from the arrangement of Aristotle's works) is ... A central part of metaphysics is ontology, which is the study of being ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 16:22, 9 November 2022
- === The problem of universals === reality of universals, or “the problem of universals.” John of Salisbury ...23 KB (3,725 words) - 01:06, 24 November 2022
- statements (everyone agreed on the existence of analytic a priori and synthetic ... Logical positivism held that philosophy should aspire to the same ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- 1911 – February 8, 1960) was a philosopher of language and the main figure ... accolades for his work in and leadership of intelligence services and his ...17 KB (2,638 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
- known as analytic ethics—is the branch of ethics that seeks to understand ... Metaethics is one of the three branches of ethics generally recognized ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 16:19, 9 November 2022
- A concept is a constituent of thought or generalized idea, that designates ... and expressing them with language. Theories of concepts are thus closely tied ...20 KB (3,052 words) - 02:41, 8 January 2024
- ) was a polymath and a Christian philosopher of the sixth century who was instrumental ... in medieval philosophy, the problem of universals. De Categoricis Syllogismis ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- observation statements, and judgments of perception have also been used ... A number of questions arose about such alleged protocol sentences: ...18 KB (2,743 words) - 08:18, 2 December 2022
- John Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – November 8, 1308) was one of the most ... Duns Scotus is categorized as a realist on the problem of universals ...15 KB (2,194 words) - 04:59, 3 August 2022
- Along with Roberto Bellarmine, he was one of the leading thinkers who defended ... was the first systematic and extensive work of metaphysics composed in the ...12 KB (1,759 words) - 04:55, 9 April 2024
- and a spokesman for the Scottish school of Common Sense philosophy, founded ... Stewart and Reid insisted that human knowledge of particular causes ...13 KB (2,001 words) - 17:19, 12 February 2024
- Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins ... === Problem of universals and composition === One debate that has captured ...51 KB (7,646 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- Epistemology or theory of knowledge is the branch of philosophy that ... Much of the debate in this field has focused on analyzing the nature ...41 KB (6,380 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- philosophical ideas to philosophers of African origin, a distinction ... Surveys of the beliefs of hundreds of African peoples have shown that ...20 KB (3,143 words) - 06:07, 16 June 2023
- logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham. Originally a tent ... The origins of what has come to be known as Ockham's razor are ...19 KB (2,872 words) - 23:50, 17 November 2022
