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Coextension Problem: Are coextensive properties a problem for class/resemblance nominalism?

October 16, 2022 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Class and resemblance nominalisms both claim that having a property is nothing more than being a member of a class, but classes are identical if coextensive, so that would mean properties would be identical if coextensive. Isn’t it possible to have two properties that are coextensive but not identical?

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Further Reading

Sophie Allen, "Properties: A Critical Introduction"

J.P. Moreland, "Universals"

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Class Nominalism

September 22, 2022 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Class nominalism is the view that properties are nothing more than class membership.

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  1. Object a has property F iff a is a member of the class of F things
  2. class = collection of members
    1. classes are identical iff they share the exact same members

Further Reading

J.P. Moreland, "Universals"

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Plato: Third Man

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Plato: The Partaking Relation

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Plato: Self-predication

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Plato and the Forms

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Universals

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Predication

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Abstract Reference

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Attribute Agreement

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