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Full Idea
Universals can be brought into the spatio-temporal world, becoming simply the repeatable features of that world.
Gist of Idea
Universals are just the repeatable features of a world
Source
David M. Armstrong (What is a Law of Nature? [1983], 06.2)
Book Ref
Armstrong,D.M.: 'What is a Law of Nature?' [CUP 1985], p.82
A Reaction
I wish Armstrong wouldn't use the word 'universal', which has so much historical baggage. The world obviously has repeatable features, but does that mean that our ontology must include things called 'features'? Hm.
Related Idea
Idea 17686 Universals are abstractions from states of affairs [Armstrong]