The Lockean approach to the problem of universals: A question of adequacy

• Main Author: Patenia, Nico Juanario P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Knowledge; Theory of; Idea (Philosophy); Universals (Philosophy); Philosophy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/2341
• Institution: De La Salle University

This thesis paper aims to prove that John Locke's theory of ideas and words is an adequate solution to the problem of universals. We arrive at this by identifying a non-arbitrary, indiscriminate set of criteria, that would prove a particular theory as an adequate solution to the problem of univ...