Formal Issues of Trope-Only Theories of Universals.

The paper discusses some formal difficulties concerning the theory of universals of Trope-Only ontologies, from which the formal theory of predication advanced by Trope-Only theorists seems to be irremediably affected. It is impossible to lay out a successful defense of a Trope-Only theory without R...

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Publicado en:Erkenntnis Vol. 89; no. 3; pp. 919 - 947
Autor principal: Ferrari, Francesco Maria
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Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2024
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