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Full Idea
Must we accept the null set as a most extraordinary individual, a little speck of sheer nothingness, a sort of black hole in the fabric of Reality itself? Not really.
Gist of Idea
We needn't accept this speck of nothingness, this black hole in the fabric of Reality!
Source
David Lewis (Parts of Classes [1991], 1.4)
Book Ref
Lewis,David: 'Parts of Classes' [Blackwell 1991], p.13
A Reaction
We can only dream of reaching the level of confidence that Lewis reached, to make such beautiful fun of a highly counterintuitive idea that is rooted in the modern techniques of philosophy.