| 单词 |
conceptualism |
| 释义 |
conceptualism|kənˈsɛptjuːəˌlɪz(ə)m|
[mod.f. prec. + -ism: in F. conceptualisme.]
1. The scholastic doctrine that universals (genera and species) exist as mental concepts (only): a compromise between Realism which attributed to them real existence, and Nominalism which made them mere names. (Usually considered to be a modified or differently stated form of Nominalism.)
1837–8Sir W. Hamilton Reid's Wks. 406 note, Abelard..held a doctrine intermediate between absolute Nominalism and Realism, corresponding to the opinion since called Conceptualism. 1867Lewes Hist. Philos. II. 29 This reality of conceptions, which is the point advanced in Conceptualism. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 132 Neither realism is the truth, nor nominalism is the truth, but conceptualism.
2. The psychological doctrine that the mind is capable of forming an idea (i.e. mental image) corresponding to the abstract and general term: held by, or attributed to, Locke and other English philosophers.
c1837Hamilton Metaph. (1859) II. xxv. 296 The doctrine of Nominalism has been embraced by Hobbes, Berkeley, Hume, Principal Campbell, and Mr. Stewart; while Conceptualism has found favour with Locke, Reid, and Brown. |
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