tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post1752151235467787915..comments2024-03-29T08:47:16.366-05:00Comments on Dad29: The Short Course on NominalismDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-44087215717975612752013-09-05T18:46:13.254-05:002013-09-05T18:46:13.254-05:00There was a pretty serious philosophical problem d...There was a pretty serious philosophical problem driving nominalism, which isn't easy to dismiss. I wrote a bit about it <a href="http://grimbeorn.blogspot.com/2012/03/individuation.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />It's a difficult question. I think I believe that the nominalists are right, but only about certain kinds of individuals -- that 'individuality is an emergent property,' to say it in the technical terms. We see it begin to emerge at certain levels of organization.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com