PHL232H1 Lecture 11: universals
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A1 and a2 (p1) a1 is red (p2) a2 is red (c1) therefore, there is some property, redness, that a1 and a2 have in common (c2) therefore, there is at least one universal, redness. Obviously, there is nothing special about redness. If there are properties, there would seem to be plenty of properties that objects share, and so plenty of universals. Reason 1: properties can account for genuine similarity. It is a manifest that two things are similar in a way that the other pair are not. Answer 1: there is a universal of redness; this property inheres, as a part, in a1 and in a2. A1 and a2, then are similar because they literally have something in common: redness. But redness is not a part of the statue the statue and the apple are not similar because they do not share redness as a part. (argument one over the many )
