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Platonism (ˈpleɪtəˌnɪzəm) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | nominalism conceptualism Compare intuitionism the teachings of Plato and his followers, esp the philosophical theory that the meanings of general words are real existing abstract entities (Forms) and that particular objects have properties in common by virtue of their relationship with these Forms |
| 2. | the realist doctrine that mathematical entities have real existence and that mathematical truth is independent of human thought |
| 3. | See Neo-Platonism |
| 'Platonist | |
| —n | |
The philosophy of Plato, or an approach to philosophy resembling his. For example, someone who asserts that numbers exist independently of the things they number could be called a Platonist.