Related posts in theory of Universals:, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, , Universals (genus, species) are concepts. But the only universals there are for Ockham are universal terms, and primarily terms in mental language or thought - which is to say, primarily concepts.” “Ockham holds that it is indeed true, as Aristotle had said, that science deals with universals. Terms have definition: “Ockham has a theory of definition, developed in his Summa logicae and elsewhere, according to which terms are defined, not things.” Terms can be mental (concepts), spoken or written. But it is ‘common’ or ‘universal’ in the sense that it stands for many things, or as Ockham says, ‘supposits’ for many things.”
For him, there is none of this real predication stuff that we saw discussed (and rejected, at least for universals) by Abelard, and saw accepted by both Avicenna and Scotus.įor Ockham, what is predicated is simply a term, a piece of language.Ī term is individual just like anything else, metaphysically speaking. For Ockham, there is a sharp distinction between ontology and language. “Ockham thinks that, on the contrary, what is predicated is not any real universal at all, but simply a common term. In the sentence ‘Socrates is a man’ ‘ Socrates‘ is the subject and ‘is a man’ the predicate.
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