tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5743370102334877264.post8028230183463001075..comments2023-04-05T09:07:08.419-07:00Comments on Fides et Ratio: Why I'm Not a NominalistAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07034462951274070391noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5743370102334877264.post-83277273026881402432013-08-21T00:00:04.859-07:002013-08-21T00:00:04.859-07:00ingx24, that pretty much describes my view as well...ingx24, that pretty much describes my view as well, you oddball. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034462951274070391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5743370102334877264.post-33642093672332626782013-08-20T22:50:45.155-07:002013-08-20T22:50:45.155-07:00Ah, I saw the bit in the text. I retract the quest...Ah, I saw the bit in the text. I retract the question.Syllabushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563029287077473612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5743370102334877264.post-68717122194721278062013-08-20T21:22:10.015-07:002013-08-20T21:22:10.015-07:00However, I've also argued in my book, Faith an...<i>However, I've also argued in my book, Faith and Philosophy, that nothing that possesses an attribute can be nonexistent.</i><br /><br />I confess to a small degree of confusion. Surely, say, the Midgard Serpent possesses attributes, but not many people - besides maybe some Norse neo-pagans - think that it's an existent entity, so I may be misunderstanding you here.Syllabushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563029287077473612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5743370102334877264.post-14627396922723779402013-08-20T20:00:05.651-07:002013-08-20T20:00:05.651-07:00I'm an oddball in that I accept mathematical a...I'm an oddball in that I accept mathematical and logical universals and (tentatively) universal <i>properties</i>, but I reject universal "forms" or "essences" (at least for composite objects). For example, I accept the existence of the number 7 and (tentatively) the specific shade of green on my shirt as mind-independent universals, but not "forms" like "dog" or "squirrel" - my view is that these "forms" are just categories we group things into and would be different if we had chosen different properties to use for categorization.ingx24https://www.blogger.com/profile/03336709510575904262noreply@blogger.com