What is the relation between Abelard and the concept of universals?
He refuted the concept
He created the concept
He solved the philosophical problem via nominalism and conceptualism
He ignored the concept
Answer
Peter Abelard solved the philosophical problem of universals via nominalism and conceptualism. Nominalism is the belief that universals are not real things but merely names that we give to groups of similar things. Conceptualism is the belief that universals exist only as mental concepts.
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