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| 7783 | Bodies, properties, relations, events, numbers, sets and propositions are 'things' if they exist |
| Full Idea: Not only material bodies but also properties, relations, events, numbers, sets, and propositions are—if they are acknowledged as existing—to be accounted ‘things’. | |||
| From: E.J. Lowe (Things [1995]) | |||
| A reaction: There might be lots of borderline cases here. Is the sky a thing? Is air a thing? How is transparency a thing? Is minus-one a thing? Is an incomplete proposition a thing? Etc. |