Jul 19, 2001 · There is a consensus about how to classify certain paradigm cases. For example, it is usually acknowledged that numbers and the other objects of pure mathematics, like pure …

Abstract object theory is a discipline that studies the nature and role of abstract objects. It holds that properties can be related to objects in two ways: through exemplification and through …

Sep 2, 2022 · Introduction An abstract object is a non-physical, non-mental object that exists outside of space and time and is wholly unextended. For example, one might think that …

Abstract objects are entities that, if they exist, are non-spatiotemporal, causally inert, and unchanging, such as numbers, sets, propositions, and properties, contrasted with concrete …

• Some philosophers claim that the property whiteness is “wholly located” wherever and whenever each white object is.

Abstract object theory (AOT) is a branch of metaphysics regarding abstract objects. [1] Originally devised by metaphysician Edward Zalta in 1981, [2] the theory was an expansion of …

Jan 20, 2025 · Abstract (and Other) Objects I propose to discuss an incredibly difficult question and to suggest an incredible answer to it—an answer that only ineluctable logic could …