Transcendent Universals and Ontological Priority

José Tomás Alvarado

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53393-9_8

Transcendent Universals and Ontological Priority

José Tomás Alvarado^*

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Abstract

Universals are postulated to satisfy certain explanatory work. They partially ground the nature that objects have. They partially ground objective resemblances between objects. They partially ground causal powers. In effect, objects are as they are, because they instantiate certain universals. At the same time, the Aristotelian maintains that universals require instantiations to exist, i.e., universals are grounded in their instantiations. It is argued in this chapter that the grounding profile attributed to universals by Aristotelians is incompatible with the general grounding profile that any universal –either Platonic or Aristotelian– should have.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Synthese Library
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages	189-200
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53393-9_8
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Synthese Library
Volume	428
ISSN (Print)	0166-6991
ISSN (Electronic)	2542-8292

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