Meaning of nominalism | Babel Free

Definitions

A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.”

CEFR level