15035 | If universals are not separate, we can isolate them by abstraction [Boethius, by Panaccio] |
22132 | Species and genera are individual concepts which naturally signify many individuals [William of Ockham] |
23651 | Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid] |
5408 | If we identify whiteness with a thought, we can never think of it twice; whiteness is the object of a thought [Russell] |
18715 | Using 'green' is a commitment to future usage of 'green' [Wittgenstein] |
5312 | A child first sees objects as distinct, and later as members of groups [Wilson,EO] |
4938 | Prior to language, concepts are universals created by self-mapping of brain activity [Edelman/Tononi] |