Full Idea
If tropes are in space and time, in what sense are they abstract?
Gist of Idea
If tropes are in space and time, in what sense are they abstract?
Source
David S. Oderberg (Real Essentialism [2007], 4.5)
Book Reference
Oderberg,David S.: 'Real Essentialism' [Routledge 2009], p.83
A Reaction
I take this to be a conclusive objection to claims for any such thing to be abstract. See, for example, Dummett's claim that the Equator is an abstract object.