Everything You Need to Know About Nominalism
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Date: 2018-08-13

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In philosophical ontology, nominalism is a philosophical view which denies
the existence of universals and abstract objects, but affirms the existence of
general or abstract terms and predicates. There are at least two main versions
of nominalism. One version denies the existence of universals – things that
can be instantiated or exemplified by many particular things (e.g., strength,
humanity). The other version specifically denies the existence of abstract
objects – objects that do not exist in space and time.

Most nominalists have held that only physical particulars in space and time
are real, and that universals exist only post res , that is, subsequent to
particular things. However, some versions of nominalism hold that some
particulars are abstract entities (e.g., numbers), while others are concrete
entities – entities that do exist in space and time (e.g., pillars, snakes,
bananas).

Nominalism is primarily a position on the problem of universals, which dates
back at least to Plato, and is opposed to realist philosophies, such as
Platonic realism, which assert that universals do exist over and above
particulars. However, the name "nominalism" emerged from debates in medieval
philosophy with Roscellinus.

The term 'nominalism' stems from the Latin nomen , "name". For example, John
Stuart Mill once wrote, that "there is nothing general except names". In
philosophy of law, nominalism finds its application in what is called
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