Philosophy
The Difference between a Particular and a Universal
Language and meaning exist as a result of association. One word does not have meaning without relation to other words and other meanings. We come to have knowledge and understanding with the assistance of particulars and universals. Particulars and universals work in the same way as words and language provide meaning because their association and relative existence among other words and other languages. Particulars are words that have direct and specific relation to an object, concept, etc. Universals rely on the function of particulars to stand as universals. Universals are not disagreed upon while particulars retain a greater degree of variation.
When we examine common words, we find that, broadly speaking, proper names stand for particulars, while other substantives, adjectives, prepositions, and verbs stand for universals. Pronouns...
The word 'now' stands for a particular, namely the present moment; but like pronouns, it stands for an ambiguous particular, because the present is always changing. It will be seen that no sentence can be made up without at least one word which denotes a universal. The nearest approach would be some such statement as 'I like this'. But even here the word 'like' denotes a universal, for I may like other things, and other people may like things. Thus all truths involve universals, and all knowledge of truths involves acquaintance with universals. (Russell, 1997)
Universals are uniformly understood and agreed upon. Particulars are in flux because they describe and more directly relate to the present, which itself is in constant flux. Universals exist across time, so in…
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