nominalism
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A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects.
“Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.”
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From French nominalisme. By surface analysis, nominal + -ism.
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