If genuine knowledge of a particular requires its necessary existence as an object, then the 'shift' described is not a transformation of knowledge but its replacement by a distinct epistemic state about universals.
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knowledge(Distinguished from mere true belief, which may be the product of indoctrination and need not exercise deliberative capacities.)
Justified true belief — true belief that has been arrived at through the exercise of deliberative capacities, including comparison of and deliberation among alternatives.
particular(as used in philosophy of language and metaphysics)
A specific individual thing (like this exact pen or that specific moment), as opposed to a general category or abstract concept.
transformation(as used in metaphysics to describe how mind relates to matter)
A fundamental change or evolution of one thing into another, where the new form develops out of and remains connected to its original source.
universals(Debated in Lefèvre's Disceptatio de universali between two students of Chrysippus's academy)
Either what particular classes of things share, or what those who reason say they share (decided by convention)