Theoretical Roles for Universals

Universals have been traditionally postulated because they can satisfy certain theoretical functions. Universals supposedly explain why different objects have the ‘same’ nature (the one over many problem), why the same object has different natures (the ma

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José Tomás Alvarado

A Metaphysics of Platonic Universals and their Instantiations Shadow of Universals

Synthese Library Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science Volume 428

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José Tomás Alvarado

A Metaphysics of Platonic Universals and their Instantiations Shadow of Universals

José Tomás Alvarado Instituto de Filosofía Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Macul – Santiago, Chile

ISSN 0166-6991 ISSN 2542-8292 (electronic) Synthese Library ISBN 978-3-030-53392-2 ISBN 978-3-030-53393-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53393-9 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of

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