Can anyone give me an example of something that nominalist?

Question: Can anyone give me an example of something that nominalist!?

I'm having a wee bit of trouble understanding nominalism!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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There are a bunch of similar positions that can all be called "nominalism" in one form or another, but the gist of it is this: nominalists believe that abstract notions exist only insofar as the names we give them!.

For an example, take the word "virtue"!. Plato would argue (and he does in the Meno) that there is a "universal" form of virtue, and that all instances of virtue that we witness are particular manifestations of that universal!. A nominalist, like Hume, would argue that given these various instances of things that we refer to as virtuous, we derive a general term called "virtue", but it has no metaphysical significance beyond that!.

Something to help you remember: "nominalism" is derived from the Latin "nomen" which means "name"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Well, you learn something new every day!. Thanks for the first answer to your question!.Www@QuestionHome@Com