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Bochenski against Nominalism (reconstruction in original Polish Notation)

The Definition of Universale

where

The Thesis of Realism

The Thesis of Nominalism

Bochenski says that nominalism leads to the absurd thesis, namely to:

So, it follows that two white things, for instance a wall and a sugar, would be one thing (because according to the thesis (4) the wall and the sugar are identical)

The Proof

We should prove following thesis:

Now let us prove what follows:


Other Proof of (4)

Mariusz Grygianiec


Mariusz Grygianiec - Institute of Philosophy, Warsaw University, POLAND.

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