A Neglected Aspect of Hume's Nominalism

Ruth Weintraub

doi:10.1017/can.2022.31

A Neglected Aspect of Hume's Nominalism

Ruth Weintraub^*

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Department of Philosophy

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In this paper, I point to two problems engendered by two assumptions that Hume makes. The first is his nominalism: the view that all ideas are fully determinate with respect to all the aspects that are represented in them. The second, perhaps hitherto unnoticed, is that names denote ideas. I propose some solutions, aiming to find one that is Humean.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	197-207
Number of pages	11
Journal	Canadian Journal of Philosophy
Volume	52
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/can.2022.31
State	Published - 1 Feb 2022

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Hume
Hume's fork
determinate ideas
nominalism

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