philosophy of Sir William Hamilton. Mill wrote:

However, he then proceeds to, seemingly, concede the existence of abstract universals--at least, insofar as they may be conceptualized--in stating the following:

In other words, we may be "temporarily unconscious" of whether an image is white, black, yellow, or purple, and concentrate our attention upon the fact that it is (e.g.) a man, and upon just those attributes necessary to identify it as a man--but not as any particular

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