Medieval Nominalists and Realists Arguing Over the Meaning of Classes

question 41

Multiple Choice

Medieval Nominalists and Realists arguing over the meaning of classes of things and individual things were continuing a philosophical debate begun by

• A)Plato and Aristotle.
• B)Boethius and Cassiodorus.
• C)Constantine the African and Adelard of Bath.
• D)Cicero and Virgil.
• E)John of Salisbury and Bernard of Chartres.

Analyze the arguments made by different groups for a greater political voice in the context of the era's expanding political participation.

Understand the concept of opportunity cost and its application in domestic and international trade.

Understand the relationship between the production of consumer goods and capital goods, and its impact on a nation's future growth rate.

Grasp the concept of marginal benefits and marginal costs, and their roles in determining the optimal output and resource allocation.

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