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    Supports→The fact that a concept picks out a single individual does not entail that the concept is not general or mediate.

    A concept can be general by placing its object within a class, even if only one individual belongs to that class.

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    For Hegel, a concept is not a general representation in the mind of a ...81%The fact that a concept picks out a single individual does not entail ...81%Kant does not deny that <God> is a concept; therefore, picking out a s...79%The concept <God> picks out a single individual, yet it is a general, ...79%

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    Kant may have other reasons for thinking that our representation of space is not a concept. If we recall Kant’s view that concepts are general, mediate representations, and his view of how these facts are reflected in the conceptual trees discussed above, then there is indeed at least a prima facie puzzle as to how we could have a concept, in Kant’s sense, of space. Consider a contrast class. Even if we think that &lt;God&gt; represents only a single entity, that fact does not undermine Kant’s v

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