NOUN | cognition | nominalism | (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name |
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Meaning | (philosophy) the doctrine that the various objects labeled by the same term have nothing in common but their name. | |
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Category | philosophy | The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
Broader | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | A doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy |
Spanish | nominalismo | |
Catalan | nominalisme | |
Adjectives | nominalistic | of or relating to nominalism |
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