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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"

Filed Under: Universals Tagged With: nominalism, plato, properties, universals

“The Matrix” Movie Review

September 6, 2022 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Is reality and illusion? Would you plug into the experience machine? What's the difference between primary and secondary qualities? We explore these ideas and more in this movie review.

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Filed Under: Movie Reviews Tagged With: brain-in-a-vat, cogito, experience machine, movies, plato, renee descartes, the matrix

Plato on Beauty: Is beauty a real entity?

August 5, 2022 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Plato's doctrine of the Forms is famous in philosophy, and like everything else, he believes there is a Form of Beauty. In this video, I explore what that means.

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Further Reading

Grube, G.M.A. "Plato's Theory of Beauty."

Filed Under: Ethics Tagged With: aesthetics, plato

Should music be censored?

August 3, 2022 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

This video explores Plato's reasoning for censorship of music and art in general in his Republic.

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Further Reading

Plato. Republic

Filed Under: Aesthetics Tagged With: aesthetics, censorship, plato

Plato: The Partaking Relation

July 20, 2019 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Universals Tagged With: partaking, plato, universals

Plato: Self-predication

July 20, 2019 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Universals Tagged With: plato, self-predication, universals

Plato and the Forms

July 20, 2019 by The Philosurfer Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Universals Tagged With: forms, plato, universals