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conceptualism

/kənˈsep.tʃu.ə.lɪ.zəm/

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noun

/kənˈsep.tʃu.ə.lɪ.zəm/C2formalart
  • ruФилософская доктрина, утверждающая, что применение общего термина к различным объектам указывает на существование ментальной сущности, которая опосредует это применение.

A philosophical doctrine asserting that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application.

uncountable

  1. Philosophical doctrineC2formal

    The theory that universals exist only as mental concepts or ideas, mediating the application of general terms to particular objects.

    ruКонцептуализм

    • Conceptualism argues that the concept of 'beauty' exists in the mind, not in the objects themselves.
    • Medieval philosophers debated conceptualism as a middle ground between realism and nominalism.
    • According to conceptualism, the term 'tree' refers to a mental construct that helps us identify individual trees.

    Antonymsnominalismrealism

Forms
  • conceptualisms plural form
  • conceptualisms' possessive plural form
  • conceptualism's possessive singular form