the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application
English language
Toggle Transcript
conceptualism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory |
| Derivation | conceptualistic |
Examples of conceptualism
conceptualism
We now favour art that is about beauty and uplift rather than shocking conceptualism.
From the guardian.co.uk
What her grandmother did struck her as an authentic, unschooled sort of conceptualism.
From the latimes.com
Other positions include moderate realism, as espoused by Aristotle, and conceptualism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The danger, though, of such conceptualism is that Auster sometimes overstates his case.
From the latimes.com
It was the time of conceptualism and Arte Povera, with their cults of unconventional media.
From the guardian.co.uk
For me, eternity is incomprehensible, beyond rational conceptualism.
From the newsobserver.com
I see the debate about chocolate box art versus empty conceptualism is still twitching away.
From the guardian.co.uk
These doctrines are considered by some to have prepared the way for the conceptualism of Ockham.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This was crucial to the development of Ockham's conceptualism.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application
- (conceptualistic) involving or characteristic of conceptualism
- Conceptualism is a doctrine in philosophy intermediate between nominalism and realism that says universals exist only within the mind and have no external or substantial reality.
- The theory that general ideas, such as the idea of man or of redness, exist as entities produced by the human mind and that they can exist in the minds of all men. This view is typically contrasted with nominalism and realism.
- The theory that universals are concepts and exist only in the mind.
