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nominalism

noun

Etymology

From French nominalisme. By surface analysis, nominal + -ism.

  1. derived from nominalisme

Definitions

  1. A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of…

    A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.

    • Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.

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