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Assorted References
- foundations of mathematics
branches of philosophy
- aesthetic theory of types
- epistemology
- philosophy of biology
philosophical schools and doctrines
- idealism
- Indian philosophy
- medieval philosophy
- phenomenology
- rationalism
- realism
- scholasticism
philosophy of
- Abelard
- Locke
Additional Reading
D.M. Armstrong, Universals: An Opinionated Introduction (1989); and James Porter Moreland, Universals (2001), are useful surveys. Charles Landesman (ed.), The Problem of Universals (1971); and Michael J. Loux (ed.), Universals and Particulars: Readings in Ontology, 2nd ed. (1976), include classic essays on the topic. P.F. Strawson and Arindam Chakrabarti, Universals, Concepts and Qualities: New Essays on the Meaning of Predicates (2006), presents more-recent work.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Gödels incompleteness theorem and Universal physical theories. | Aug 14, 2024 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Gödels incompleteness theorem and Universal physical theories. | Aug 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Universals. | Aug 29, 2017 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Aug 20, 2014 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 07, 2011 | ||
| Made various revisions to the sections The logical realism of Frege, Russell, and Moore; Plenitudes from abstract reference; Sparse theories from natural classes; and Entia non grata. | Aug 13, 2010 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Aug 18, 2009 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised and updated. | Aug 18, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 29, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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