Do universals have a reference? On the critical theory of Herbert Marcuse

From: Philosophy Today | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Sharpe, Matthew | Copyright information

"A great truth wants to be criticized, not idolized."

Nietzsche

"Do Universals have any reference?" "If so, what is it that they refer to?" These are philosophical questions. It could be argued that they are the philosophical questions. A particular, and admittedly strong, reading of the philosophical tradition, could suggest that there have been two major generative moments of its history. These were the Socratic-Platonic birth of philosophy, and secondly, German idealism, bo...

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