概がい念ねん論ろん

noun

conceptualism

A philosophical position, especially in the medieval problem of universals, holding that universals exist only as concepts in the mind. Also used more broadly for theories emphasizing the role of concepts.

• 中ちゅう世せい哲てつ学がくでは、概がい念ねん論ろんは実じつ在ざい論ろんと唯ゆい名めい論ろんの間あいだに位い置ちする立たち場ばとされる。

  In medieval philosophy, conceptualism is considered a position between realism and nominalism.

• 彼かれの論ろん文ぶんは、認にん識しき論ろんにおける概がい念ねん論ろんの役やく割わりを論ろんじている。

  His paper discusses the role of conceptualism in epistemology.