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1	Universals: An Opinionated Introduction more books like this by D M Armstrong add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $5.52! new only from $36.70! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Resemblance & Identity: An Examination of the Problem of Universals more books like this by Panayot Butchvarov add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	On Ideas: Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms more books like this by Gail Fine add to wishlist "The Peri ideon" ("On Ideas") is the only work in which Aristotle systematically sets out and criticizes arguments for the existence of Platonic forms. Gail Fine presents the first full-length treatment in English of this important but neglected work . She asks how, and how well, and why and with what justification he favours an alternative ... see all copies from $56.12! new only from $60.43! \| SVS
4	On Universals: An Essay in Ontology more books like this by Nicholas Wolterstorff add to wishlist see all copies from $11.71! first editions
5	The Midworld of Symbols and Functioning Objects more books like this by John William Miller add to wishlist "Miller uses argument, aphorism, and plays on words to make points. . . . [A] fascinating . . . book." -Library Journal see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Absolute Generality more books like this by Agustin Rayo (Editor), Gabriel Uzquiano (Editor) add to wishlist Is it possible to quantify over absolutely all there is? Or must all of our quantifiers range over a less-than-all-inclusive domain? It has commonly been thought that the question of absolute generality is intimately connected with the set-theoretic antinomies. But the topic of absolute generality has enjoyed a surge of interest in recent years. ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $43.15! \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Common Human Ground: Universality and Particularity in a Multicultural World more books like this by Claes G Ryn add to wishlist A great challenge of the twenty-first century is the danger of conflict between peoples and cultures, among and within societies. In A Common Human Ground, Claes Ryn explores the nature of this problem and sets forth a theory about what is necessary for peaceful relations to be possible. Many in the Western world trust in the tenets of "democracy, ... see all copies from $44.54! new only from $44.54! \| SVS
8	The Physical Basis of Predication more books like this by Andrew Newman add to wishlist In this book about metaphysics the author defends a realistic view of universals, characterizing the notion of universal by considering language and logic, the idea of possibility, hierarchies of universals, and causation. He argues that neither language nor logic is a reliable guide to the nature of reality and that basic universals are the ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $35.77! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Universals more books like this by J P Moreland add to wishlist Things are particular and their quantites are universals, but do universals have an existance distinct from the particular things describable by those terms? This text provides an analysis of the issues central to an understanding of the debates surrounding universals, with particular reference to those issues that have been a part of the ... see all copies from $16.55! new only from $18.40!
10	From the Circle of Alcuin to the School of Auxerre: Logic, Theology and Philosophy in the Early Middle Ages more books like this by John Marenbon add to wishlist This study is the first modern account of the development of philosophy during the Carolingian Renaissance. In the late eighth century, Dr Marenbon argues, theologians were led by their enthusiasm for logic to pose themselves truly philosophical questions. The central themes of ninth-century philosophy - essence, the Aristotelian Categories, the ... see all copies from $42.20! new only from $46.03! \| SVS
11	Universals: Studies in Indian Logic and Linguistics more books like this by Frits Staal add to wishlist The book as it now appears does three things. First, it provides a new interpretation of Harvard philosopher Quine's 'Indeterminacy of Translation', which had thrown doubt on the possibility of communication between civilizations. Second, the book demonstrates that Indian 'pandits' discovered the same universals that were discovered in the West. ... see all copies from $41.21! new only from $81.00!
12	Resemblance Nominalism: A Solution to the Problem of Universals more books like this by Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra add to wishlist Gardeners, poets, lovers, and philosophers are all interested in the redness of roses; but only philosophers wonder how it is that two different roses can share the same property. Are red things red because they resemble each other? Or do they resemble each other because they are red? Since the 1970s philosophers have tended to favour the latter ... see all copies from $87.63! new only from $100.07! \| SVS
13	Once Again the Wonder more books like this by Richard Quinney add to wishlist Over the course of a decade at century's end, Richard Quinney kept close watch and recorded in his journal the events of daily living. Any sense of the universal and the extraordinary was necessarily grounded in ordinary experience. The author lived in a prairie town in northern Illinois, within easy driving distance of his family farm, as he made ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Properties more books like this by D H Mellor (Editor), Alex Oliver (Editor) add to wishlist About the Series: The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available to the university student or the general reader. The editors of each volume contribute an introductory essay on the items ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $59.49!
15	The Nature of Things more books like this by Anthony Quinton add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
16 view cover	Universality and the Liar: An Essay on Truth and the Diagonal Argument more books like this by Keith Simmons add to wishlist This book is about one of the most baffling of all paradoxes - the famous Liar paradox. Suppose we say: 'We are lying now'. Then if we are lying, we are telling the truth; and if we are telling the truth we are lying. This paradox is more than an intriguing puzzle, since it involves the concept of truth. Thus any coherent theory of truth must ... see all copies from $27.81! new only from $27.81! \| SVS
17 view cover	Reflective Authenticity more books like this by Alessendro Ferrara add to wishlist Alessendro Ferrara, in this challenging and controversial study, argues that we can show how the problem of validity lies in modernity's construction of a form of validity that depended upon abstract, metaphysical notions of judgement removed from useful example. Ferrara's pioneering argument is that authenticity must become reflective if it is ... see all copies from $37.03! new only from $37.21! \| SVS
18 view cover	The problem of universals in Indian philosophy. - more books like this by Raja Ram Dravid add to wishlist see all copies from $24.20! new only from $24.20! \| first editions
19 view cover	Substance and attribute : a study in ontology more books like this by Michael J. Loux add to wishlist see all copies from $107.73! new only from $107.73! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Revisiting Universalism more books like this by Alison Assiter add to wishlist This text begins from the premise, which it seeks to elaborate, that the poorest human being shares with the richest, a natural nature. This, it is claimed, is not the trivial thesis it is sometimes represented as being. Rather, significant moral consequences flow from the assumption that all human beings share a set of natural needs. Using this ... see all copies from $17.50! new only from $93.51! \| first editions
21	The Problem of Universals more books like this by Charles Landesman add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $156.37! \| first editions
22	Universals. - more books like this by Hilary Staniland add to wishlist see all copies from $8.57! first editions
23 view cover	Five Texts on the Mediaeval Problem of Universals: Porphyry, Boethius, Abelard, Duns Scotus, Ockham more books like this by Porphyry add to wishlist New translations of the central medieval texts on the problem of universals are presented here in an affordable edition suitable for use in courses in medieval philosophy, history of medieval philosophy, and universals. Includes a concise introduction, glossary of important terms, notes, and bibliography. see all copies from $14.87! new only from $16.99! \| first editions
24 view cover	Five Texts on the Mediaeval Problem of Universals: Porphyry, Boethius, Abelard, Duns Scotus, Ockham more books like this by Mr. Paul Vincent Spade (Editor) add to wishlist New translations of the central medieval texts on the problem of universals are presented here in an affordable edition suitable for use in courses in medieval philosophy, history of medieval philosophy, and universals. Includes a concise introduction, glossary of important terms, notes, and bibliography. see all copies from $33.00! new only from $41.05!
25	Ethnic Chauvinism: The Reactionary Impulse more books like this by Orlando Patterson add to wishlist see all copies from $3.75! first editions

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