NOMINALISM

Nominalism

Nominalism refers to either of two philosophical positions regarding what exists. Nominalism may refer to a position that denies the existence of universal entities or objects, but accepts that particular objects or entities exist. It may refer to denial of the existence of abstract objects or entities, while accepting the existence of concrete objects or entities. Each position is contrasted with nihilism, which denies the existence of everything. So nominalism is either the assertion that everything that exists is a particular thing, or that everything that exists is concrete.

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nominalism

Noun

  1. A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.


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