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A universal is vague when we cannot define it , when we cannot say precisely what it means , or when we are so ignorant ... it that we frequently do not know whether an entity or occurrence x is or is not an instance of that universal .
A universal is vague when we cannot define it , when we cannot say precisely what it means , or when we are so ignorant ... it that we frequently do not know whether an entity or occurrence x is or is not an instance of that universal .
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Somehow a child comes to use the universal man significantly . How does this come about ? We have seen that the child begins with a very vague universal , named by it ' Dad ' , and that this is a universal because of the child's failure ...
Somehow a child comes to use the universal man significantly . How does this come about ? We have seen that the child begins with a very vague universal , named by it ' Dad ' , and that this is a universal because of the child's failure ...
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And certainly if we confine the usage of the word universal to the completely precise then ' universals of things ' are not universals . My contention , however , is that we can and do think thing - universals and that it is foolish to ...
And certainly if we confine the usage of the word universal to the completely precise then ' universals of things ' are not universals . My contention , however , is that we can and do think thing - universals and that it is foolish to ...
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CORRESPONDING FELLOWS 1945 | 4 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir John Clapham | 12 |
THE POETRY OF THOMAS GRAY Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 43 |
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