...egen tekst: „I believe we shall acknowledge that an idea, which considered in itself is particular, becomes general, by being made to represent or stand...for all other particular ideas of the same sort".* Er denne løsning en virkelig løsning? Har Berkeley med sin repræsentationstanke løst problemet:...

...Bishop's notion of generalizing. An idea (he tells " us) which, considered in itself, is particular, becomes general, by " being made to represent or stand for all other particular ideas of t! the same sort. To make this plain by an example : Suppose (says " Berkeley) a geometrician is demonstrating...

...can conceive, I believe we shall acknowledge, that an idea, which considered in itself is particular, becomes general, by being made to represent or stand for all other particular ideas of the tame sort. <^" To make this plain by an example, sup1 " To this I cannot assent, being of opinion "...

...comprehended in one of Berkeley's general formulae : " An idea, which considered in itself is particular, becomes general, by being made to represent or stand...for all other particular ideas of the same sort." l And, since idea for Berkeley may mean either (a) a particular thing, or (6) a particular image, this...

...can conceive, I believe we shall acknowledge, that an idea, which considered in itself is particular, becomes general, by being made to represent or stand for all other particular ideas of the same sort. <3T To make this plain by an example, sup1 " To this I cannot assent, being of opinion" edit. of 1710....

...Mathematical signs are themselves particulars : they become general in the same ways as other signs: "by being made to represent or stand for all other particular ideas of the same sort."27 At this point an important distinction between geometry and algebra arises in Berkeley's philosophy....

...abstract general ideas. General ideas he will allow: "An Idea, which considered in itself is particular, becomes general, by being made to represent or stand...for all other particular Ideas of the same sort." This sort of universal is admissible, in which a particular is generalized merely to represent its...

...there are abstract general ideas. "An idea," he says, " which, considered in itself, is particular, becomes general, by being made to represent or stand...instance, a black line, of an inch in length. This, which is in itself a particular line, is, nevertheless, with regard to its signification, general ; since,...

...there are abstract general ideas. "An idea," he says, "which, considered in itself, is particular, becomes general, by being made to represent or stand...instance, a black line, of an inch in length. This, which is in itself a particular line, is, nevertheless, with regard to its signification, general; since,...

...rather than an abstract general idea, to be. He says an idea, which considered in itself is particular, becomes general, by being made to represent or stand for all other particular ideas of the same sort.17 The weakness of this lies in the phrase 'of the same sort' and Berkeley lets it pass without...