  Hence, Italos’ position on the three types of genera could be summarized as follows: All types of genera are incorporeal beings, the genera before the particulars are subsistences whereas the genera in the particulars as well as the genera after the particulars are beings that subsist in something else. That is to say, although only God, God’s thoughts, and the perceptible individuals exist in the strong sense as subsistences, all types of genera are beings; they may be beings in a different sense, but they all are beings and not constructions of our mind devoid of reality. For this reason, it would perhaps be misleading to label Italos as a “nominalist”, since he does not defend the view that the in rebus and post res genera are mere expressions, but it would also be misleading to label him as a “realist”, since he does not think that the in rebus and post res genera are subsistences. Presumably, it is this difficulty of pinning down Italos’ position that has led to the introduction of intermediate labels such as “conceptualist” and “conceptual” or “moderate realist”.