Thomas Hobbes was a nominalist, someone who believes in all of the following EXCEPT what?
A)No permanent objective truth lies beneath our world of appearances
B)Language is necessary in part to help us make sense of the world
C)Humans construct a perception of "truth"
D)"Truth" is filtered through self-interest and the syllogisms of language
E)Human behavior can be described as objectively good or bad based on standards of morality

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Nominalism posits that universals or abstract concepts do not have an independent existence but are merely names or labels for sets of individual objects or events. This view is incompatible with the idea that human behavior can be objectively described as good or bad based on universal standards of morality, as such standards would imply the existence of abstract concepts that nominalists deny.

Thomas Hobbes Was a Nominalist, Someone Who Believes in All