Talk:Universals: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
imported>Tom Morris (New page: {{subpages}}) |
imported>Larry Sanger (→A few comments...: new section) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{subpages}} | {{subpages}} | ||
== A few comments... == | |||
Should live at [[universal]] or [[universal (metaphysics)]]; one can speak of ''a'' universal. | |||
'Property' and 'universal' are not coextensive. For those who like to talk about universals at all, relations and types are usually (maybe always?) two more posited kinds of universals. | |||
Socrates, arguably, spoke of universals in his search for the logos of various virtues; Plato is the first to say (as far as I know) that universals are heavenly forms, with the rest of the apparatus of Platonic Realism. Maybe you could say he's the first to formulate a theory of universals, or to discuss them explicitly. --[[User:Larry Sanger|Larry Sanger]] 02:58, 20 October 2008 (UTC) | |||
Revision as of 20:58, 19 October 2008
A few comments...
Should live at universal or universal (metaphysics); one can speak of a universal.
'Property' and 'universal' are not coextensive. For those who like to talk about universals at all, relations and types are usually (maybe always?) two more posited kinds of universals.
Socrates, arguably, spoke of universals in his search for the logos of various virtues; Plato is the first to say (as far as I know) that universals are heavenly forms, with the rest of the apparatus of Platonic Realism. Maybe you could say he's the first to formulate a theory of universals, or to discuss them explicitly. --Larry Sanger 02:58, 20 October 2008 (UTC)