Abstract
The aim of this work is to provide a sufficiently reliable criterion for distinguishing abstract
entities from concrete entities. The two mail candidates are the non spatio-temporal collocation
and the abstraction principles à la Frege. We suggest that these criteria have to be considered as
complementary and not opposite; this fact is explained by the metaphysical framework of the
abstract entities taken into account, namely if they are dependent or independent entities. Since
each criterion has an intended background metaphysical framework, the adoption of both will
make more complex the description of the domain of abstracta.
Translated title of the contribution | [Autom. eng. transl.] On the criteria of abstractness |
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Original language | Italian |
Pages (from-to) | 169-185 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEOSCOLASTICA |
Volume | 2015 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Abstract Objects
- Abstractness
- Criteria abstract concrete distinction
- Principles of Abstractions