This position emerged as a response to what was called the problem of universals, which was an ancient problem in metaphysics about whether universals exist.
en.wikipedia.org Much of his originality for the period rests on his ability to ground his studies of modern science on the history of religion and metaphysics.
en.wikipedia.org Her primary research areas are epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of logic, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mathematics.
en.wikipedia.org His thought continues to have a major influence in contemporary thought, especially the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, and aesthetics.
en.wikipedia.org For thirty years, he argued the removal of theology and metaphysics from the study of science.
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