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Full Idea
There could be no singling out tout court unless there could be singling out 'as'.
Clarification
'tout court' means in short, and nothing else
Gist of Idea
The only singling out is singling out 'as' something
Source
David Wiggins (Sameness and Substance [1980], Pre 2)
Book Ref
Wiggins,David: 'Sameness and Substance' [Blackwell 1980], p.5
A Reaction
I find this claim baffling. Do animals categorise everything they engage with? Are we unable to engage with something if we have not yet categorised it? Surely picking it out is prior to saying that sort of thing it is?
Related Idea
Idea 11038 We call them secondary 'substances' because they reveal the primary substances [Aristotle]