Universal and Particular


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1 The distinction and relation between universal and particular, essence and individual, whole and part, class and member, one and many, same and other, the common and the unique.
2 The problem of the universal.
3 The reality of universals, their actual existence as separate forms, or their potential existence in the forms of things.
4 Universals as abstractions or concepts in the human mind.
5 The reduction of universals or abstractions to the meaning of general or common names.
6 The problem of the individual, the principle of individuality, the concrete universal.
7 Universals and particulars in the order of knowledge.
8 Universals as objects of knowledge, the intuitive or reflexive apprehension of universals.
9 Universals in relation to the angelic intellect and the divine mind.
10 The abstraction of universal concepts from the particulars of sense.
11 The distinction between particular and universal in relation to the distinction between percept and concept, or between image and idea.
12 The inadequacy of our knowledge of individuals, their indefinability.
13 The generality of science, the universality of its principles.
14 Universal and particular in relation to grammar and logic.
15 The distinction between proper and common names.
16 The classification of universals, their intension and extension, their degrees of generality.
17 Particulars and universals in predications or judgments, the quantity of propositions, the universal, the particular, and the singular judgment.
18 Rules concerning the universality and particularity of premises in reasoning, the quantity of the conclusion in relation to the quantity of the premises.
19 Applications of the distinction between universal and particular.
20 Particular and universal in the analysis of matter and form.
21 Universal and particular causes.
22 The universality of law and particular dispensations of equity.
23 Universality and particularity in relation to the distinction between the objective and the subjective, the absolute and the relative.
24 The issue concerning the universality of truth.
25 The issue concerning the universality of moral principles.
26 The issue concerning the universality of aesthetic standards, the subjective universal.


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