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Ideas for 'Every Thing Must Go', 'Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy' and 'The Theory of Transfinite Numbers'

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual

14928	Things are abstractions from structures [Ladyman/Ross]
	Full Idea: Individual things are locally focused abstractions from modal structure.
	From: J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 3.4)
	A reaction: I am a fan of the role of abstraction in our understanding of the world, despite my limited progress in trying to explicate the idea. I can't decide whether or not there are any things. A bit basic, that!