The first age of philosophy in Lithuania: the theory of universals

Abstract

Similar to the position of Francisco Suarez, it would rather be regarded as an intermediate model between moderate realism and conceptualism. As for the epistemological level of the above mentioned theory, it varies from Thomistic to Ockhamistic interpretation. This article analyses the theory of universals involved in scholastic philosophy in Lithuania of the 16th century. The author of the article focuses on the ontological and epistemological levels of that theory. Namely, interpretations of universale nature and its relation to human cognition are scrutinized. The analysis comes to a conclusion that the ontological level of the above mentioned theory cannot be strictly attributed to any classical variant of realism and nominalism.