States of affairs and our connection with the good.

Abstractionists claim that the only bearers of intrinsic value are abstract, necessarily existing states of affairs. I argue that abstractionism cannot succeed. Though we can model concrete goods such as lives, projects, and outcomes with abstract states, conflating models of goods with the goods th...

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Published in:	Philosophy & Phenomenological Research Vol. 109; no. 2; pp. 694 - 715
Main Author:	Tucker, Miles
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Sep2024
Subjects:	Abstract thought Values (Ethics) Facts (Philosophy) Experience Thought & thinking
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