Definitions for: Conceptualism


[n] the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application



Webster (1913) Definition: Con*cep"tu*al*ism, n. (Metaph.)
A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that
the mind has the power of forming for itself general
conceptions of individual or single objects. --Stewart.

See Also: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory

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