English Explanatory Dictionary

problem of universals

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The open problem of whether the properties that an object has in common with other objects, such as color and shape, can be considered to exist beyond those objects, and if so, the precise nature of that existence.

Word forms

problem of universals the problem of universals

Related words

universalism nominalism realism
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