The nexus of predication is accounted for in di¤erent ways in di¤erent theories of universals. We brie‡y review the account given in nominalism, logical realism (modern Platonism), and natural realism. Our main goal is to describe the account given in a modern form of conceptualism extended to include a theory of intensional objects as the contents of our predicable and referential concepts.

Abstract Many philosophers are baffled by necessity. Humeans, in particular, deeply disturbed the idea of necessary laws nature. In this paper I offer a systematic yet down to earth explanation necessity and terms invariance. The type invariance employ for purpose generalizes an used meta-logic. main is that properties relations general have certain degrees invariance, some properties/relations...

The notion of logical truth has a wide variety of different uses, hence it is not surprising that it can be interpreted in different ways. In this chapter I will focus on one of them – what I call the metaphysical interpretation. A more precise formulation of this interpretation will be put forward in what follows, but I wish to say something about my motivation first. Part of my interest conce...

The extravagances of quantum mechanics (QM) never fail to enrich daily the debate around natural philosophy. Entanglement, non-locality, collapse, many worlds, minds, and subjectivism have challenged generations thinkers. Its approach can perhaps be placed in stream logic, which “strangeness” QM is “measured” through violation Bell’s inequalities and, from there, attempts an interpretative path...

Does science successfully uncover the deep structure of the natural world? Or are the depths forever beyond our epistemic grasp? Since the decline of logical positivism and logical empiricism, scientific realism has become the consensus view: of course our scientific theories apprehend the deep structure of the world. What else could explain the remarkable success of science? This is the explan...

Abstract According to the standard model of cosmology, $$\Lambda $$ Λ CDM, mass-energy budget current stage universe is not dominated by luminous matter that we are familiar with, but instead some form dark (and energy). It thus tempting adopt scientific realism about matter. However, there barely any constra...

This article aims to demonstrate that a special category of desire – state which is sought unconditionally, as an end (sought in and itself) the only ultimate value logical observers can conceive upon consideration sufficient conceptual depth. demonstration appeals reasoning, ultimately, reader’s inability alternate conclusions are logically consistent.   Key words: A Priori, B...

this article presents the question whether it is correct to classify günter grass’s the tin drum as a work of magical realism. a brief scrutiny of the elements of magical realism, particularly authorial reticence and concept of hesitation indicates that contrary to the advertisement of certain sources and publishers, this novel in certain circumstances, contradicts and opposes these two indispe...

In this paper I challenge and adjudicate between the two positions that have come to prominence in the scientific realism debate: deployment realism and structural realism. I discuss a set of cases from the history of celestial mechanics, including some of the most important successes in the history of science. To the surprise of the deployment realist, these are novel predictive successes towa...