Nominalism
NOMINALISM. The philosophical view of nominalists is based on the conviction that in human discourse only names (nomina), nouns, or words are "universal," not things, common n...
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Nominalism, Modern
In its main contemporary sense, nominalism is the thesis that abstract entities do not exist. Equivalently, it is the thesis that everything that does exist is a concrete object. Si...
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In January 2006, Senator John Kerry launched a doomed last-minute effort to filibuster Sam Alito’s Supreme Court nomination. He was blasted for needless grandstanding (which wasn’t a b...
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The Golden Globe nominations got under way Thursday with "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Michael Clayton" taking an early lead with two nods each.Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman were nominated...
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Nicolas Sarkozy was consecrated as the presidential candidate of France's governing conservatives Sunday, and now the law-and-order interior minister heads into an election showdown with a charisma...
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"LoveMusik," a look at the relationship between composer Kurt Weill and actress Lotte Lenya, received 12 Drama Desk nominations Thursday, honoring the best of the 2006-2007 New York theater season....
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Beyonce positioned herself as the performer to beat in next month's annual Soul Train Music Awards, gathering a leading three nominations Tuesday, including one for best female album for "B'Day."Sh...
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The White House formally nominated a federal judge for the Justice Department's No. 2 job on Wednesday, a day after the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman threatened to postpone confirmation heari...
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Kevin O'Connell's previous 19 Oscar nominations were nothing like this.The 50-year-old sound mixer, who holds the record for the most Academy Award nominations without a win, received his 20th nomi...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - A quixotic look at the life and times of
legendary singer Bob Dylan was nominated Tuesday for four Spirit
Awards, the Oscars of the independent film worl...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - The Screen Actors Guild nominated George
Clooney and Angelina Jolie for best actor awards Thursday, but split
its nominations among numerous lesser known...
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Nominalism
Nominalism, Modern
Rethinking the Alito Nomination
