Single Idea 10197

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 3. Instantiated Universals]

Full Idea

An immanent universal will routinely be 'at some distance from itself', in the sense that it is wholly present in more than one place.

Gist of Idea

An immanent universal is wholly present in more than one place

Source

Dean W. Zimmerman (Distinct Indiscernibles and the Bundle Theory [1997], p.306)

Book Reference

-: 'Mind' [-], p.306


A Reaction

This is the Aristotelian view, which sounds distinctly implausible in this formulation. Though I suppose redness is wholly present in a tomato, in the way that fourness is wholly present in the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. How many rednesses are there?