Button, Timothy;
Trueman, Robert;
(2024)
A fictionalist theory of universals.
In: Fritz, Peter and Jones, Nicholas K, (eds.)
Higher-Order Metaphysics.
Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.
(In press).
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Abstract
Universals are putative objects like wisdom, morality, redness, etc. Although we believe in properties (which, we argue, are not a kind of object), we do not believe in universals. However, a number of ordinary, natural language constructions seem to commit us to their existence. In this paper, we provide a fictionalist theory of universals, which allows us to speak as if universals existed, whilst denying that any really do.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | A fictionalist theory of universals |
| ISBN-13: | 9780197548561 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Fregean realism, Higher-order realism |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Philosophy |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10159717 |
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