Trope (philosophy)
In philosophy, a trope is a concept with various technical uses, namely these three: In epistemology, a stock argument for attacking beliefs and assumptions In metaphysics, a particular instance of a universal In Hayden White's metahistory, a way or style of presenting history == In epistemology == A trope or "mode" refers to skeptical stock arguments or "ways of refuting dogmatism." There are two sets of these tropes: the ten modes of Aenesidemus and the five modes of Agrippa. == In metaphysics == Trope theory (or trope nominalism) in metaphysics is a version of nominalism.