'''Realists''' were [[Scholasticism|Scholasticists]] who preferred the works of [[Plato]] and his belief that universals existed in their own right. This view was at odds with [[Nominalism]].<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref> Conceptualism designates several metaphysical doctrines proposing a compromise between realism and nominalism which regard universals as concepts. Compare [[Idea]] and [[Idealism]].
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