A Neglected Aspect of Hume’s Nominalism
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Abstract In this paper, I point to two problems engendered by assumptions that Hume makes. The first is his nominalism: the view all ideas are fully determinate with respect aspects represented in them. second, perhaps hitherto unnoticed, names denote ideas. propose some solutions, aiming find one Humean.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Philosophy
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1911-0820', '0045-5091']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2022.31