A01=D. M. Armstrong
abstract objects
advanced metaphysics theories
analytic philosophy
Author_D. M. Armstrong
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Class Nominalism
Complete Complex
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Exact Resemblance
Higher Order Types
identity conditions
metaphysics
natural
Natural Class
Natural Class Theory
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nominalism
Nonrelational Properties
ontology
Ordinary Particulars
particularized
Particularized Nature
philosophical analysis
Property Tropes
Race Commentators
resemblance
Resemblance Classes
Resemblance Nominalism
Resemblance Relations
Resemblance Theory
Resemblance Views
Substance Attribute Ontology
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Trope Counterpart
Trope Theory
Truth Maker Principle
Uninstantiated Universals
Unordered Classes
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9780813307725
- Weight: 228g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 1989
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this short text, a distinguished philosopher turns his attention to one of the oldest and most fundamental philosophical problems of all: How it is that we are able to sort and classify different things as being of the same natural class? Professor Armstrong carefully sets out six major theories?ancient, modern, and contemporary?and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each. Recognizing that there are no final victories or defeats in metaphysics, Armstrong nonetheless defends a traditional account of universals as the most satisfactory theory we have.This study is written for advanced students, but as Armstrong goes considerably beyond his earlier work on this topic, it will interest professional scholars as well. Carefully plotted and clearly written, Universals is both a paradigm of exposition and a case study on the value of careful analysis of fundamental issues in philosophy.
D. M. Armstrong is emeritus professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Sydney.
