Overview
William of Ockham (1287-1347) is oft considered the most important nominalist thinker of the Middle Ages. Nominalism, a metaphysical view that has had adherents throughout the history of Western philosophy, largely denies the extramental existence of universals and abstract objects by reducing them to linguistic or mental items. Philosopher Claude Panaccio views Ockham's genre of nominalism as consisting of three theses: that there are no universals in the external world, no relations, and no quantities considered as distinct entities.Claude Panaccio here displays the outlines of a rich and carefully crafted nominalist system that is still of great philosophical interest today. In so doing, the volume situates Ockham's thought with respect to several salient contemporary debates in philosophy. Ockham's Nominalism provides a unique systematic introduction to his thought about universals, relations, and quantities, situating his doctrines on these matters with respect to today's debates in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and epistemology.
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Author: Claude Panaccio (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Quebec at Montreal)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 21.70cm
Weight: 0.381kg
ISBN: 9780190078980
ISBN 10: 0190078987
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 27 February 2023
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *
Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice * The question of nominalism is perhaps the best-known part of William of Ockham's (1287-1347) philosophy. It has often been understood in the context of contemporary debates between realism and nominalism: for example, do universals exist in addition to particulars, and do abstract entities (e.g. numbers, sets, propositional contents) exist in addition to concrete things in the world?...Claude Panaccio's Ockham's Nominalism: A Philosophical Introduction is an excellent introduction to the subject. Through a clear and systematic analysis, it offers a comprehensive overview... this book is remarkably accessible. * Philip Choi, Archives de philosophie *
Author Information
Claude Panaccio is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Quebec at Montreal.
