Associations to the word «Nominalism»
Noun
- Realism
- Universal
- Idealism
- Scholastic
- Chaucer
- Ism
- Plato
- Materialism
- Particular
- Humanism
- Theology
- Predicate
- Aristotle
- Locke
- Philosophy
- Gabriel
- Harvest
- Goodman
- Logic
- Paradigm
- Resemblance
- Weaver
- Saxony
- Doctrine
- Philosopher
- Entity
- Critique
- Names
- Theologian
- Cal
- Mathematic
- Rapid
- Essence
- Luther
- Of
- Conception
- Reality
- Concept
- Theory
- Existence
- Notion
- Meaning
- Catholic
- Discourse
- Encyclopedia
- Object
- Dispute
- Debate
- Phenomenon
- Triumph
- Mi
- Distinction
- Grammar
- Middle
- Baker
- Decline
- View
- Individual
- Idea
- Truth
- Argument
- Influence
- William
- Sense
- Thought
Adjective
Wiktionary
NOMINALISM, noun. (philosophy) A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.
Dictionary definition
NOMINALISM, noun. (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.