Abstract particulars

Abstract particulars are metaphysical entities which are both abstract objects and particulars. Individual numbers are often classified as abstract particulars because they are neither concrete objects nor universals – they are particular things which do not themselves occur in space or time. Tropes are another example of entities cited as abstract particulars.

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