El nominalisme
Example: El nominalisme rebutja l'existència dels universals independents.
Definition
"El nominalisme" is a philosophical doctrine that rejects the existence of universal entities independent of particular things. It argues that only individual objects exist and that general terms or concepts are mere names without any corresponding reality apart from the objects they describe.
Etymology
The term "el nominalisme" comes from the Latin 'nomen,' meaning 'name.' It emerged in medieval philosophy to describe the view that universals are not real entities but only names or labels given to groups of individual objects. Did you know? This idea challenged the dominant realist philosophy of the time, sparking significant debate.
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