nominalism

• Philosophische Lehre, nach der Allgemeinbegriffen oder abstrakten Objekten keine unabhängige Existenz zukommt und verschiedene Dinge, die mit demselben Terminus bezeichnet werden, nur den Namen gemeinsam haben.

A philosophical doctrine asserting that universal concepts or abstract objects have no independent existence and that the various objects labeled by the same term share only their name.

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1. Philosophical doctrineC2formal

   The philosophical view that universal concepts or abstract objects have no independent existence but are merely names or labels for individual objects.

   Nominalismus

   • Nominalism argues that only particular things exist, not abstract universals.
   • Medieval philosophers debated the merits of nominalism versus realism.
   • According to nominalism, the word 'beauty' is just a label for many different beautiful things.

   Antonymerealism