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The problem of universals in early modern philosophy /

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This is a collection of essays from an international group of scholars that explore the ways in which the ancient problem of universals was transformed in modern philosophy. Essays consider the various forms of "Platonism," "conceptualism" and "nominalism" in the writin...

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Other Authors: Di Bella, Stefano (Editor), Schmaltz, Tad M., 1960- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Universals (Philosophy)
Philosophy, Modern.
Universaux.
PHILOSOPHY > Metaphysics.
Philosophy, Modern
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Universals in Modern Philosophy / Stefano Di Bella and Tad M. Schmaltz
  • Gassendi on the Problem of Universals / Antonia LoLordo
  • Hobbes, Universal Names, and Nominalism / Stewart Duncan
  • Spinoza on Universals / Samuel Newlands
  • Descartes on Universal Essences and Divine Knowledge / Lawrence Nolan
  • Platonism and Conceptualism among the Cartesians / Tad M. Schmaltz
  • Universals and Individuals in Malebranche's Philosophy / Mariangela Priarolo
  • Universals in English Platonism: More, Cudworth, Norris / Brunello Lotti
  • Some Perspectives on Leibniz's Nominalism and Its Sources / Stefano Di Bella
  • Locke's Essay and Leibniz's Nouveaux Essais: Competing Theories of Universals / Martha Brandt Bolton
  • Locke on General Ideas / E. J. Lowe
  • Berkeley on Abstraction, Universals and Universal Knowledge / Tom Stoneham
  • Hume on Abstraction and Identity / Donald L. M. Baxter
  • Kant on Abstractionism about Concept Formation / Alberto Vanzo.