Conceptualism Definition

kən-sĕpcho͝o-ə-lĭzəm
noun
The doctrine, intermediate between nominalism and realism, that universals exist explicitly in the mind as concepts, and implicitly in things as shared qualities.
Webster's New World
A school of abstract art or an artistic doctrine that is concerned with the intellectual engagement of the viewer through conveyance of an idea and negation of the importance of the art object itself.
American Heritage
The conceptual-art movement of the 20th cent. or its theories, methods, etc.
Webster's New World
The art movement towards conceptual art.
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conceptualism
Plural:
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Conceptualism Sentence Examples

  • It may be held that they exist merely as conceptions in our minds; this is Nominalism or Conceptualism.

  • While it asserted a realism of individuals, it admitted a conceptualism of universals.

  • Often, it seems like he has managed to merge high-end conceptualism with the kind of low-end practical photography undertaken by surveyors or architects.

  • Even Abelard's mediating doctrine of conceptualism was sufficiently near to obnoxious ideas to involve him in lifelong persecution.

  • His position is ordinarily designated by the name Conceptualism (q.v.), though there is very little talk of concepts in Abelard's own writings.

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