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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 2. Need for Universals

9485	Universals concern how things are, and how they could be [Shoemaker, by Bird]
	Full Idea: Shoemaker contends that universals concern the way things could be, not merely the way any things actually are.
	From: report of Sydney Shoemaker (Causality and Properties [1980]) by Alexander Bird - Nature's Metaphysics 3.2.2
	A reaction: If you want to retain universals within a scientific essentialist view (and I would rather not), then this seems like the only way to go.