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title: Nominalism
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TARGET DECK: Obsidian::H&SS
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FILE TAGS: ontology::nominalism
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tags:
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- nominalism
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- ontology
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## Overview
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**Anti-realists** about a category are those who don't believe entities of said category exist. **Realists** about a category are those that do. **Nominalism** refers to the stance that no abstract objects exist. That is, nominalists are anti-realists in regards to abstract entities.
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What does it mean for a person to be anti-realist about category $X$?
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Back: They do not believe entities of $X$ exist.
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Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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%%ANKI
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Basic
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What does it mean for a person to be realist about category $X$?
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Back: They believe entities belonging to $X$ exist.
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Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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%%ANKI
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Basic
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How does Effingham define nominalism?
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Back: As anti-realism towards abstracta.
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Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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%%ANKI
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Cloze
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Roughly speaking, {1:permissivism} is to {2:realism} whereas {2:nominalism} is to {1:anti-realism}.
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Reference: Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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## Bibliography
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* Nikk Effingham, _An Introduction to Ontology_ (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2013).
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