Crossword-Solution: CONCEPTUALISM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Conceptualism | n. | A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
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The view of Socrates is the meeting-point of the other two, just as conceptualism is the meeting-point of nominalism and realism.
Socrates meets the supposed difficulty by a flash of light, which is indeed the true answer 'that the ideas are in our minds only.' Neither realism is the truth, nor nominalism is the truth, but conceptualism; and conceptualism or any other psychological theory falls very far short of the infinite subtlety of language and thought.
Evidently, Russian avant-garde, French cubism, American conceptualism, and all the other isms cannot be seen as ordinary extensions to experiences alien to tradition, or as attempts to loosen the ties between art and literacy in conscious preparation for relative emancipation from language.
Pure Nominalism was the swing of the pendulum of thought to the very opposite extreme; while Conceptualism was an attempt to hit the happy mean between the two.
Conceptualism was only another statement of Nominalism, or, at most, a question of the relation of language to thought.