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In Metaphysics and Statistics , the word individual, while sometimes meaning "a person", more typically describes any numerically singular thing. Used in many contexts, both 'Socrates' and 'the Moon' denote individuals; 'grapefruit' and 'redness' (generally) do not. 'Individual' as a piece of philosophical jargon is much-bandied and often to be found in the company of '' Particular '' -- indeed, often treated as ''synonymous with'' 'particular' (though one wonders if abstract particulars can count as individuals) -- and contrasted with ' Universal '. REFERENCES
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