On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 8:30 AM Philip Thrift <[email protected]> wrote:
In general > https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/platonism/ > *Platonism is the view that there exist such things as abstract objects.* That is an idiotic and meaningless definition, which is not at all unusual in philosophy. Meaning needs contrast but by that definition EVERYBODY believes in Platonism because (unless solipsism is true) everybody has thoughts and thoughts are abstract. And most people believe in other abstract stuff too, like big, fast, distant, and old. John K Clark > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2cv99tgkBbf7rD%3DzZVixzgxCAztqfb8ZvS2-dDre3i8Q%40mail.gmail.com.
