Conceptualism

/kənsˈɛpt‍ʃuːəlˌɪzəm/

/kənsˈɛptʃuːəlˌɪzəm/

Conceptualism

the doctrine that the application of a general term to various objects indicates the existence of a mental entity that mediates the application

Examples

1. With the late 20th century renaissance of Christian philosophy, divine conceptualism is once again finding articulate defenders.

2. The most promising concretist view is some sort of divine conceptualism, the heir to the view of Philo and the Church Fathers.

3. For example, Alvin Plantinga, the most influential theist philosopher writing today, has lately endorsed divine conceptualism.

4. Like absolute creationism, divine conceptualism is a realist view of mathematical objects, but it is a concrete realism.