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এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
nominalism
This term describes a philosophical stance that rejects the existence of universals, suggesting that only particular, individual objects exist. It carries a reductive connotation, stripping away the metaphysical weight of general categories to treat them as mere linguistic labels or convenient shorthand for groups of similar things.
In academic discourse, it is frequently contrasted with realism. While a realist believes the concept of Redness exists as a real entity, a nominalist argues that Redness is simply a name used to describe a collection of red objects. This distinction is central to debates in ontology, linguistics, and the philosophy of mathematics.
Meanings
The philosophical doctrine that general or abstract terms are mere names and do not correspond to any existing universal entities.
The debate between realism and nominalism centered on whether universality exists independently of individual objects.
A theory in mathematics and logic asserting that mathematical objects are not real entities but are instead useful linguistic fictions.
Some philosophers embrace a form of mathematical nominalism to avoid the ontological commitment to abstract numbers.
Examples
The professor explained how nominalism rejects the existence of universals.
I wonder if nominalism is the only way to resolve the problem of abstract entities.
Strict nominalism suggests that only individual objects exist in reality.
Do you think nominalism makes more sense than realism in this context?
Medieval scholars debated the merits of nominalism for centuries.
From the perspective of nominalism, the concept of a circle is just a useful label.
He adopted a form of mathematical nominalism to argue that numbers are not real objects.
The lecture on nominalism was far too dense for the introductory class.