Well, there are a pretty easy set of rules for this: You cannot generalize something to be universal, while still maintaining any of the specifications therein

Well, there are a pretty easy set of rules for this: You cannot generalize something to be universal, while still maintaining any of the specifications therein. I do agree that it's useless in practice, though -- it is philosophy, after all. Philosophy has never had concrete practical applications. It's only interesting as a curiosity.