Aquinas and Realism | Prof. John Haldane

Philosopher Prof. John Haldane discusses Aquinas and Realism, exploring Aquinas' alignment with common sense realism and his defense of realism. The podcast delves into the historical debate between realism and nominalism, emphasizing Aquinas' stance on general natures. It also explores the concepts of existence and knowledge, linguistic generics in child development, and proper accidents in Aquinas's perspective.