UNIVERSALS by D. M. Armstrong ( 9780813307725 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

UNIVERSALS
AN OPINIONATED INTRODUCTION

By:

D. M. Armstrong

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Paperback

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0813307724

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9780813307725

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Publisher:

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INC

Pub. date:

5 September, 1989

Pages:

160

Synopsis:

In this short text, a distinguished philosopher turns his attention to one of the oldest and most fundamental philosophical problems of all: How it is that we are able to sort and classify different things as being of the same natural class? Professor Armstrong carefully sets out six major theoriesancient, modern, and contemporaryand assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each. Recognizing that there are no final victories or defeats in metaphysics, Armstrong nonetheless defends a traditional account of universals as the most satisfactory theory we have. This study is written for advanced students, but as Armstrong goes considerably beyond his earlier work on this topic, it will interest professional scholars as well. Carefully plotted and clearly written, Universals is both a paradigm of exposition and a case study on the value of careful analysis of fundamental issues in philosophy.

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