ABSTRACT
How many universals are there? The answer to this question will depend (in part) upon the extent to which universals correspond to predicates. If corresponding to every possible predicate there is a distinct universal, then there are abundantly many universals. But if there are only universals that correspond to some privileged minority of predicates, then universals are sparse indeed. Theories of universals may accordingly be classified as more or less abundant or sparse depending upon the extent to which universals are said by those theories to correspond to predicates.
