30 Phil, Chapter 18: In this new look at universals and the problem of universals, we use the traditional framing of realism, nominalism and Abelard’s middle ground of conceptualism. The role is science is used to update this exploration and introduce the idea that things like color don’t actually exist at all.
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“Being and non-being create each other.”
- Laozi
- 550 BCE
Daoism
TAKE-AWAY: Opposites are interconnected and mutually dependent. In Daoism, contrasting forces like existence and non-existence, light and dark, or high and low, all rely on each other for meaning. Laozi teaches that balance and harmony are found when we recognize that these dualities are not in conflict but are essential to the natural order of life.
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