Moderate realism as a position in the debate on the metaphysics of universals holds that there is no realm in which universals exist, but rather universals are located in space and time wherever they are manifest. A universal, like greenness, is supposed to be a single thing. It is opposed to both full-blooded realism, such as the theory of Platonic forms, and nominalism. Nominalists consider it unusual that there could be a single object that exists in multiple places simultaneously. Aristotle espoused a form of moderate realism.
See also
- Abstract object
- Nominalism
- Object (philosophy)
- Platonic form
- Universal (metaphysics)
- realism (philosophy)
