Platonism and the Problem of Universals: A Polemic with Paweł Rojek’s Tropy i Uniwersalia (Tropes and Universals)

• Authors: Marek Piwowarczyk

Title variants

PL

Platonizm a spór o uniwersalia. W związku z książką Pawła Rojka Tropy i uniwersalia

EN

Platonism and the Problem of Universals: A Polemic with Paweł Rojek’s Tropy i Uniwersalia (Tropes and Universals)

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

This paper is a polemic with Paweł Rojek’s criticism of Platonism as one of the positions concerning universals. The problem of universals is taken to be about the basis of resemblance between things. Rojek maintains that Platonism is a hidden form of nominalism. Section 1 presents my understanding of the key terms concerning the controversy. Section 2 shows that Rojek’s argument begs the question: he simply presupposes that only a moderate realist has a correct concept of universal. In section 3, I argue that the Platonist argument for the transcendence of universals is valid, and I criticize Rojek’s responses to the separation argument against moderate realism. Finally, section 4 demonstrates that the transcendence of universals is compatible with their generality.

• Publisher: University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy
• Journal: Filozofia Nauki
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 113-133

Dates

published

2020-06-26

Contributors

author

Marek Piwowarczyk

Identifiers

DOI

10.14394/filnau.2020.0012