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Ockham's nominalism : a philosophical introduction / Claude Panaccio.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Panaccio, Claude, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nominalism.
- Philosophy, Medieval.
- William, of Ockham, approximately 1285-approximately 1349.
- William.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- Ockham's Nominalism provides a unique systematic introduction to the thought of one of the most influential thinkers of the Middle Ages.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Ockham's Nominalism
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Ockham's Writings: Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Nominalism
- A proposed definition
- Six Ockhamist theses
- Outline of a nominalist program
- 2. Against Realism
- Universals
- The argument from numerical unity
- The argument from separability
- The argument from mereology
- The argument from the indiscernibility of identicals
- Relations
- The argument from infinite regress
- The Razor argument
- Quantities
- Extension
- Numbers
- 3. Ontology
- Individuals
- Substances and qualities
- The composition of material substances
- Intensive qualities
- Artifacts
- An ordered world
- Motion, space, and time
- Inherence and information
- Essential similarity
- Causation
- Possible beings
- 4. Semantics
- Natural kind terms
- Signification
- Supposition
- Truth-conditions
- Relational terms
- Connotation
- Relations as signs
- Relational statements
- Quantitative terms
- Propositions connoted
- Pseudo-names
- Collective terms
- 5. Epistemology
- Cognitive acts
- Intuition
- Abstraction
- Connotative concepts
- Judgement
- Mental language
- Grammar
- Natural signs
- Syncategorematic terms
- Knowledge
- Evident cognition
- Demonstration
- Induction
- Sciences
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Ockham's works
- On Ockham and medieval philosophy
- Other works cited
- Name Index
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Panaccio, Claude Ockham's Nominalism
- ISBN:
- 0-19-007900-2
- 0-19-007901-0
- 0-19-007899-5
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