universals in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I.universal [Brit juːnɪˈvəːs(ə)l, Am ˌjunəˈvərsəl] N PHILOS

III.universal [Brit juːnɪˈvəːs(ə)l, Am ˌjunəˈvərsəl] ADJ

Translations for universals in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

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universals Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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Whether natural kinds ought to be considered universals is vexed; see natural kind.
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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.
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Their efforts, along with others, led to an undermining of the prevailing Platonic idea of universals.
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If it were, it would not be able to understand universals, which are immaterial.
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The human body, being a physiological universal, provides an ideal domain for research into semantic and lexical universals.
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The ego is believed to transmute transient soul experiences into universals that form the basis for an individuality that can endure after death.
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His reputation comes from his idealism of believing in the existence of universals.
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More specifically, philosophers are given to speaking about realism "about" this and that, such as realism about universals or realism about the external world.
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This means, that these universals exist in all the entities which instantiate an immanent universal, independent of an observer.
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