La crítica de Pedro Abelardo a otros nominalismos

Abstract

In writing this papes it is my purpose to recover, for the most contemporary discussion on universals, a part at least of the ideas of the medieval logician and philosopher Peter Abelard. More precisely, there are certain forms of nominalism, namely, mentalism, nominalism of sets, and nominalism of simmiliarity(ies), that have recenty reappeared with new strength in contemporary Analytic Metaphysics. Abelard, as a nominalist, did not only argued against realist philosophies, but also evaluated and criticized other forms of nominalism different from his own, like the ones I have just mentioned. My main object here is to confront Abelard’s arguments against them, showing how his arguments still prevail.