Nominalism and Realism: Volume 1: Universals and Scientific Realism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521280334)

This is a study, in two volumes, of one of the longest-standing philosophical problems: the problem of universals. In volume I David Armstrong surveys and criticizes the main approaches and solutions to the problems that have been canvassed, rejecting the various forms of nominalism and 'Platonic' realism. In volume II he develops an important theory of his own, an objective theory of universals based not on linguistic conventions, but on the actual and potential findings of natural science. He thus reconciles a realism about qualities and relations with an empiricist epistemology. The theory allows, too, for a convincing explanation of natural laws as relations between these universals.

Author: D. M. Armstrong
ISBN-10: 0521280338
ISBN-13: 9780521280334
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/1980
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d