In The Problems of Philosophy, Russell presented his famous regress argument against the nominalist denial of universals. In this paper I explore the origin of the argument in Russell and explore its relevance in contemporary metaphysical debate. I argue that a hundred years on, the argument still presents a powerful tool for realists in their debate with nominalists and trope theorists
This paper summarizes and extends the transmodal argument for the existence of universals (developed...
This thesis argues for realism about universals—the view that, in addition to particular things, the...
This paper contrasts the scholastic realists of David Armstrong and Charles Peirce. It is argued tha...
In The Problems of Philosophy, Russell presented his famous regress argument against the nominalist ...
Bertrand Russell paid considerable attention to the problem of universals throughout his long life. ...
In a famous passage Bertrand Russell argued that any attempt, like that of Resemblance Nominalism, t...
Universals begins with a taxonomy of extreme nominalist, moderate nominalist, and realist positions ...
Russell is often said to have shared with Frege a distinctively “universalist ” conception of logic....
In the literature, regress arguments often take one of two different forms: either they conclude tha...
Resemblance Nominalism is the view that denies universals and tropes and claims that what makes F-th...
Bertrand Russell's argument against relation instances in The Principles of Mathematics (chapter IV,...
In he Problems of Philosophy and other works of the same period, Russell claims that every propositi...
In this paper I explore the logical relationship between the question of the reality of qualia and t...
Trope nominalists claim that resemblance is a primitive relation. There are two well-known arguments...
This paper contrasts the scholastic realisms of David Armstrong and Charles Peirce. It is argued tha...
This paper summarizes and extends the transmodal argument for the existence of universals (developed...
This thesis argues for realism about universals—the view that, in addition to particular things, the...
This paper contrasts the scholastic realists of David Armstrong and Charles Peirce. It is argued tha...
In The Problems of Philosophy, Russell presented his famous regress argument against the nominalist ...
Bertrand Russell paid considerable attention to the problem of universals throughout his long life. ...
In a famous passage Bertrand Russell argued that any attempt, like that of Resemblance Nominalism, t...
Universals begins with a taxonomy of extreme nominalist, moderate nominalist, and realist positions ...
Russell is often said to have shared with Frege a distinctively “universalist ” conception of logic....
In the literature, regress arguments often take one of two different forms: either they conclude tha...
Resemblance Nominalism is the view that denies universals and tropes and claims that what makes F-th...
Bertrand Russell's argument against relation instances in The Principles of Mathematics (chapter IV,...
In he Problems of Philosophy and other works of the same period, Russell claims that every propositi...
In this paper I explore the logical relationship between the question of the reality of qualia and t...
Trope nominalists claim that resemblance is a primitive relation. There are two well-known arguments...
This paper contrasts the scholastic realisms of David Armstrong and Charles Peirce. It is argued tha...
This paper summarizes and extends the transmodal argument for the existence of universals (developed...
This thesis argues for realism about universals—the view that, in addition to particular things, the...
This paper contrasts the scholastic realists of David Armstrong and Charles Peirce. It is argued tha...
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