On Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 9:59:12 AM UTC-5, John Clark wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 8:30 AM Philip Thrift <[email protected] > <javascript:>> 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 > > >> Other abstractions: ghostly, supernatural, demonic, godly, spiritual, mathematical, ... If abstractions are not implemented https://gustavus.edu/mcs/max/concrete-abstractions.html they remain merely fictions. @philipthrift -- 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/d40d75f9-f713-4223-822f-41fcfae3f041%40googlegroups.com.
