Full Idea
Existing things are particular, and generality is a feature of our ways of representing the universe.
Gist of Idea
Only particulars exist, and generality is our mode of presentation
Source
John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 01.1)
Book Reference
Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.1
A Reaction
This is right, and expressed with beautiful simplicity. How could anyone disagree with this? But they do!