PHILOS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nominalism, Nomic, Mereological Nihilism
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Part 1 metaphysics : core area of philosophy one that goes back to the very inception of philosophical theorising. The goal: understand the nature of reality at its most fundamental level. Abstract objects: objects that are not made of matter and not located in space-time. Ex: we use # every day, but they don"t seem to be physical objects but rather abstract objects. Those who think that are abstract objects are called plantonists. Those who think that there are no abstract objects are known as nominalists. Rationale in favor of nominalism is empiricist they are materilist objects. Popular kind of nominalism known as fictionalism, argues for radical conclusion that claims involving abstracts objects are not true. Claims in a story ex: harry potter is a wizard. Ex: chair have property of being blue or ugly or too large to fit thru door. Important view of properties are the abstract objects called universals. Universal dn exist in space or time.
