TY - BOOK ID - 5318948 TI - Universals : an opinionated introduction. PY - 1989 SN - 0813307635 0813307724 9780813307633 9780813307725 9780367320447 PB - Boulder Westview DB - UniCat KW - Universals (Philosophy) KW - Nominalism. KW - Realism. KW - Universaux KW - Nominalisme KW - Réalisme KW - Nominalism KW - Realism KW - 165.725 KW - 124.4 KW - Universals (Logic) KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Logic KW - Philosophy KW - Scholasticism KW - Whole and parts (Philosophy) KW - Empiricism KW - Conceptualism KW - Dualism KW - Idealism KW - Materialism KW - Positivism KW - Rationalism KW - Reality KW - Causa exemplaria. Creatieve idee. Type. Ideaal. Universalia KW - 124.4 Causa exemplaria. Creatieve idee. Type. Ideaal. Universalia KW - 165.725 Nominalisme KW - Universals (Philosophy). KW - Réalisme KW - Metaphysics KW - Theory of knowledge UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5318948 AB - 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. ER -