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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Nominalism and idealism

Herbert Hochberg

pp. 213-234

Abstract

The article considers, in a historical setting, the links between varieties of nominalism—the extreme nominalism of the Quine-Goodman variety and the trope nominalism current today—and types of idealism. In so doing arguments of various twentieth century figures, including Husserl, Bradley, Russell, and Sartre, as well as a contemporary attack on relations by Peter Simons are critically examined. The paper seeks to link the rejection of realism about universals with the rejection of a mind-independent "world"—in short, linking nominalism with idealism.

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(2013) The metaphysics of exemplification. Axiomathes 23 (2).

Pages: 213-234

Full citation:

Hochberg Herbert (2013) „Nominalism and idealism“. Axiomathes 23 (2), 213–234.