Concepts: Particular and Universal, and Six Cases of Universals

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• Which correctly distinguishes the word, concept and referent in “human”?
• What is the function of “its very conception” in the definition of a particular?
• Why is the identity of a definite Zayd particular?
• How do “horse” and “this horse” differ?
• What does the definition of universal require?
• Why is “human” universal although each human is distinct?
• When can an extinct animal kind still be universal?
• If two people are named Zayd, what follows?
• What does “in respect of its conception” specify?
• What additional dimension organizes the six cases of universals?
• Which case includes the source’s “non-possible”?
• What does “a mountain of ruby” illustrate?
• What does the historical “sun” example illustrate?
• In the Necessary Existent example, what rules out a second instance?
• How do the two single-instance examples differ?
• What is the logical point of the classical wandering-planets example?
• Which reading of the “unbounded” humans-and-horses example should be avoided?
• Why does “one actual instance” not imply particularity?
• What is the problem posed by confusing Zayd and ʿAmr at a distance?
• What is intended by common predication “by way of togetherness”?
• What does “Is that Zayd or ʿAmr?” exemplify?
• Which pair correctly gives a particular followed by a universal?
• What follows if one intelligible meaning is predicable of different individuals?
• If two ruby mountains are conceivable but unverified, how is their description classified?
• What topic begins immediately after this section in the textbook?
• Why is mistaking similarly dressed people not itself universality?
• A universal must have at least two actually existing instances.
• “This wall” is particular when it identifies one definite wall.
• The six cases include a universal description whose external instantiation is impossible.
• Alternately mistaking someone for Zayd or ʿAmr is the same as predicating humanity of both.