The Superiority of Universals over Theological Nominalism
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2020
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The third alternative to universals discussed in this work is theological nominalism. This form of nominalism postulates concepts in the mind of God to replace universals. There are many advantages of this position over regular concept nominalism. Nevertheless, it is argued here that the conception seems unfeasible if one supposes divine simplicity. It is also affected by a problem of regress specific to this form of nominalism. The chapter finally considers if Platonic universals are incompatible with divine aseity. They are not.
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Primitive facts of resemblance, Inductive practices, Resemblance classes of module tropes, Modal metaphysics, Objections against transcendent universals, Transcendent universals