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Ramsey on Universals
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Is there a fundamental division of objects into two classes, particulars and universals? This was the question that Ramsey set out to address in his 1925 Mind paper ‘Universals’. After considering a variety of different arguments in favour of a fundamental division he came to the sceptical conclusion that there was no reason to suppose such a division between particulars and universals obtained. The theory of universals, Ramsey declared, was ‘nothing but a muddle’ (1925c: 30).
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Is there a fundamental division of objects into two classes, particulars and universals? This was the question that Ramsey set out to address in his 1925 Mind paper ‘Universals’.
After considering a variety of different arguments in favour of a fundamental division he came to the sceptical conclusion that there was no reason to suppose such a division between particulars and universals obtained.
The theory of universals, Ramsey declared, was ‘nothing but a muddle’ (1925c: 30).
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