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  2. Aristotelian realist philosophy of mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Aristotelian views of (cardinal or counting) numbers begin with Aristotle's observation that the number of a heap or collection is relative to the unit or measure chosen: "'number' means a measured plurality and a plurality of measures ... the measure must always be some identical thing predicable of all the things it measures, e.g. if the things are horses, the measure is 'horse'."

  3. Aristotle's theory of universals - Wikipedia

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    For Aristotle, both matter and form belong to the individual thing (hylomorphism). Aristotle's Theory of Universals is Aristotle's classical solution to the Problem of Universals, sometimes known as the hylomorphic theory of immanent realism. Universals are the characteristics or qualities that ordinary objects or things have in common.

  4. Philosophical realism - Wikipedia

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    Philosophical realism—usually not treated as a position of its own but as a stance towards other subject matters— is the view that a certain kind of thing (ranging widely from abstract objects like numbers to moral statements to the physical world itself) has mind-independent existence, i.e. that it exists even in the absence of any mind perceiving it or that its existence is not just a ...

  5. 50 Aristotle Quotes on Philosophy, Virtue and Education - AOL

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    50 Aristotle Quotes on Philosophy, Virtue and Education. Morgan Bailee Boggess. April 6, 2024 at 8:25 AM. Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle statue.

  6. Moderate realism - Wikipedia

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    Moderate realism is anti-realist about abstract objects, just like conceptualism is (their difference being that conceptualism denies the mind-independence of universals, while moderate realism does not). [3] Aristotle's position, as expounded by Aquinas, denies the existence of the realm of Forms and that the world around constitutes the only ...

  7. Theory of forms - Wikipedia

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    Plato is depicted pointing upwards, in reference to his belief in the higher Forms, while Aristotle disagrees and gestures downwards to the here-and-now, in reference to his belief in empiricism. The topic of Aristotle's criticism of Plato's Theory of Forms is a large one and continues to expand. Rather than quote Plato, Aristotle often summarized.

  8. Problem of universals - Wikipedia

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    Aristotelian realism (also called strong realism [33] [34] or moderate realism) [35] is the rejection of extreme realism. This position establishes the view of a universal as being that of the quality within a thing and every other thing individual to it; (the view that universals are real entities, but their existence is dependent on the ...

  9. Potentiality and actuality - Wikipedia

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    While actuality is linked by Aristotle to his concept of a formal cause, potentiality (or potency) on the other hand, is linked by Aristotle to his concepts of hylomorphic matter and material cause. Aristotle wrote for example that "matter exists potentially, because it may attain to the form; but when it exists actually, it is then in the form."