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Single Idea 7035

[catalogued under 4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory]

Full Idea

It is hard to see classes as an 'addition of being'; God does not create the world, and then add the classes.

Gist of Idea

God does not create the world, and then add the classes

Source

John Heil (From an Ontological Point of View [2003], 13.4 n6)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'From an Ontological Point of View' [OUP 2005], p.143


A Reaction

This seems right. We may be tempted into believing in the reality of classes when considering maths, but it seems utterly implausible when considering trees or cows.