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nominalism
[ nom-uh-nl-iz-uhm ]
noun
- (in medieval philosophy) the doctrine that general or abstract words do not stand for objectively existing entities and that universals are no more than names assigned to them. Compare conceptualism, realism ( def 5a ).
nominalism
/ ˈɒɪəˌɪə /
noun
- the philosophical theory that the variety of objects to which a single general word, such as dog, applies have nothing in common but the name Compare conceptualism realism
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of nominalism1
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Example Sentences
If trope nominalism is the correct metaphysics, there are no universals but only particulars that have typical or tropic properties.
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Duchamp established the nominalism of art and changed the question from “what is art?” to “is it interesting?”
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Such is the magnitude of these situations and their toll in innocent lives, that we must avoid every temptation to fall into a declarationist nominalism which would assuage our consciences.
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It is not worth while to follow out the errors which arose in the middle ages from nominalism.
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Yet what could nominalism do for theology, or for clerical schools?
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