Searching for the proper foundation, or Mortimer Adler versus John Locke

• Authors: Thompson Ewa M.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper addresses a crucial problem of the philosophical grounds of knowledge, particularly in the context of humanistic research and education. It unfolds an argument against modern nominalism inherited from John Locke and other thinkers of the Enlightenment and defends the epistemological stance of realism as represented by Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas and more recently by Mortimer Adler and Alasdair MacIntyre.

Keywords

EN

nominalism; John Locke; tabula rasa; Mortimer Adler

• Publisher: Wydział Neofilologii, Uniwersytet Warszawski
• Journal: Acta Philologica
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 49
• Pages: 45-52

Contributors

author

Thompson Ewa M.

• Rice University

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