Single Idea 6487

[catalogued under 8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals]

Full Idea

None of Locke, Berkeley or Hume shows any sign of serious thinking about the relation of their concepts of quality, idea or impression to the problem of universals; it is as if they thought this issue had disappeared.

Gist of Idea

Locke, Berkeley and Hume did no serious thinking about universals

Source

comment on John Locke (Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed) [1694]) by Howard Robinson - Perception 1.4

Book Reference

Robinson,Howard: 'Perception' [Routledge 2001], p.12


A Reaction

Maybe they were right. Personally I think there is a real problem of universals, but the history of philosophy has lots of cases of deep worries about problems that don't seem to bother anyone else.