Lexicon of Arguments

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V 176
Universals/Searle: universals are harmless, it means that predicates are meaningful. They are not ontological presuppositions. A universal is a purely linguistic entity (VsStrawson).
>Universal/Strawson.
Universals are identified by meanings, not by facts. "Friendly" is primary - friendliness is derivative.
Tradition: universal: coincidence of existence and essence.
Searle: universals: are not in the world, only in the language.
V 183
Universals/Searle: e.g. "is friendly" presupposes friendliness. This is an > Abstraction of predicate expressions. These take precedence over property names. >Predicates/Searle.

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