Are universals manufactured by man before they come into existence metaphysically?

Question

Are universals manufactured by man before they come into existence metaphysically?

Answer 1

there is no universe, its all just a dream, the world you live in now doesn't exist, you and i never existed, when you die, it makes no difference because you never existed in the first place...............

Answer 2

Universals are discovered, if they do not exist outside of the mind then they are not universals.

They are discovered when observations can be codified by abstract symbols to render a prediction of what is likely to be a constant observation.

That a universal is invariant in translational, rotational, or relative terms is the symmetry that makes it universal.

If you speak of a universal that does not exist apart from the human mind then I would not consider it a universal at all, the mind does not form reality it interprets it.

Answer 3

How we apprehend universals is not entirely clear.  However it does seem that they manifest unto us in a variety of different ways.  Even as a product of our minds forming of reality.  We do both, form and interpret it.