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Ideas for Hastings Rashdall, Alexander Bird and Leslie H. Tharp

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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 3. Instantiated Universals

9486	Why should a universal's existence depend on instantiation in an existing particular? [Bird]
	Full Idea: An instantiation condition seems to be a failure of nerve as regards realism about universals. If universals really are entities in their own right, why should their existence depend upon a relationship with existing particulars?
	From: Alexander Bird (Nature's Metaphysics [2007], 3.2.2)
	A reaction: I like this challenge, which seems to leave fans of universals no option but full-blown Platonism, which most of them recognise as being deeply implausible.