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Ideas of Edward N. Zalta, by Text

[American, fl. 1983, Research scholar at Stanford University.]

1983 Abstract Objects:intro to Axiomatic Metaphysics
p.41 Abstract objects are constituted by encoded collections of properties [Swoyer]
p.42 Properties make round squares and round triangles distinct, unlike exemplification [Swoyer]
2006 Deriving Kripkean Claims with Abstract Objects
2 n2 p.2 Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them
p.2 p.2 Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas