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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete

9210	Possible objects are abstract; actual concrete objects are possible; so abstract/concrete are compatible [Fine,K]
	Full Idea: If it is in the nature of a possible object to be abstract, this is presumably a property it has in any possible circumstance in which it is actual. If it is actual it is also concrete. So the property of being abstract and concrete are not incompatible.
	From: Kit Fine (Intro to 'Modality and Tense' [2005], p.14)
	A reaction: A rather startling and powerful idea. What of the definition of an abstract object as one which is not in space-time, and lacks causal powers? Could it be that abstraction is a projection of our minds, onto concepts or objects?