Berkeley's idealism demonstrates that spatial extension is not a necessary condition for exemplifying universal properties, since mental particulars instantiate redness, roundness, and other forms without occupying physical space.

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Berkeley(as the author being discussed): George Berkeley was an Irish philosopher from the 1600s-1700s who argued that physical objects don't exist independently of being perceived—they only exist because someone is thinking about or observing them.
Mental particulars(as examples of things that have properties like redness without physical form): Specific individual things that exist only in the mind, like your thoughts, feelings, or imagined objects.
Universal properties(as qualities that don't require physical space): Qualities or characteristics that can apply to many different things (like 'redness' or 'roundness' that multiple objects can share).
idealism(Presented as a consequence of the coherence theory of truth, but not exclusive to it): The view that one's beliefs constitute the world
instantiate(as used in metaphysics): To be a concrete example of something, or to have and display a particular property or category.
necessary condition(Counterfactual analysis of causation; Mackie 1965, 1974): A condition C is necessary for event E if E would not have occurred in the absence of C
spatial extension(describing properties of physical bodies): The idea that something takes up space—it has length, width, and depth. For physical objects, this is a basic feature of what makes them physical.

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