Combining Philosophers
Ideas for John Dupré, JP Burgess / G Rosen and Michael Lavers
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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Abstract/concrete is a distinction of kind, not degree [Burgess/Rosen]
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Much of what science says about concrete entities is 'abstraction-laden' [Burgess/Rosen]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / b. Levels of abstraction
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Mathematics has ascended to higher and higher levels of abstraction [Burgess/Rosen]
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Abstraction is on a scale, of sets, to attributes, to type-formulas, to token-formulas [Burgess/Rosen]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
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All descriptive language is classificatory [Dupré]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation
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We should aim for a classification which tells us as much as possible about the object [Dupré]
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