the doctrine in philosophy that universals exist only in the mind
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conceptualismthe doctrine in philosophy that universals exist only in the mind
conceptualismsCONCEPTUALISM, the doctrine in philosophy that universals exist only in the mind
nominalismThe doctrine that universals or general ideas are mere names without any corresponding reality, and that only particular objects exist; properties, numbers, and sets are thought of as merely features of the way of considering the things that exist. Important in medieval scholastic thought, nominalism is associated particularly with William of Occam
conceptualismThe theory that universals can be said to exist, but only as concepts in the mind
nominalistone of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only
nominalistsNOMINALIST, one of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only