Position

Scholastic Realism

Universal cognition has a real foundation in things and is not explained by universal words alone.

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family
Domains
Metaphysics

Overview

Scholastic Realism is the family of medieval realist positions on universals. Its members disagree about the precise way universal cognition is grounded in reality.

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