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European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, Vol. 11 No. 1, 2015.

Original scientific paper

Concrete Universals and Spatial Relations

Jani Hakkarainen
Markku Keinänen
Antti Keskinen

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Abstract

According to strong immanent realism, proposed for instance by David M. Armstrong, universals are concrete, located in their instances. E.J. Lowe and Douglas Ehring have presented arguments to the effect that strong immanent realism is incoherent. Cody Gilmore has defended strong immanent realism against the charge of incoherence. Gilmore’s argument has thus far remained unanswered. We argue that Gilmore’s response to the charge of incoherence is an ad hoc move without support independent of strong immanent realism itself. We conclude that strong immanent realism remains under the threat of incoherence posed by Lowe and Ehring.

Keywords

metaphysics; universals; realism; abstract; concrete

Hrčak ID:

160749

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/160749

Publication date:

10.5.2016.

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