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Thin Objects has two overarching ambitions. The first is to clarify and defend the idea that some objects are 'thin', in the sense that their existence does not make a substantive demand on reality. The second is to develop a systematic and well‐motivated account of permissible abstraction, thereby...
| Publicado en: | Theoria: A Swedish Journal of Philosophy Vol. 89; no. 3; pp. 247 - 256 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2023
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| Sumario: | Thin Objects has two overarching ambitions. The first is to clarify and defend the idea that some objects are 'thin', in the sense that their existence does not make a substantive demand on reality. The second is to develop a systematic and well‐motivated account of permissible abstraction, thereby solving the so‐called 'bad company problem'. Here I synthesise the book by briefly commenting on what I regard as its central themes. |
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