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Ontology is the study of the nature of being, existence or reality as such, as well as the basic categories of being and their relations.
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What are problems that arise by denying the existence of abstract things? [closed]
Suppose if we only regarded the concrete as real, and that abstraction is only a process of using the concrete to represent other concrete things. For example, a number is not a real thing, but it is …
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What are problems that arise by taking a point vs space as the most primitive notion in geom...
I hear the notion of a point being the most primitive notion in geometry. But to talk about a point, one needs to think of a space of some sort. Only then, the point can be understood as a position wi …
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The nature of truth and logical connectives
I think most would agree that:
P or !P
!(P and !P)
are always true.
This allows us to have certainty no matter what we're talking about.
Does that make the logical connectives the most fundament …
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How do concepts like "change" and "structure" fit with the object - property distinction?
I've been pondering about the distinction between the object/concrete/particular vs property/abstract/universal.... (side note: I used to think that properties are more "general" than objects, but the …
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Semantics of Properties - Are categories of extensions members or subsets?
For example:
"Cars have wheels."
If we take "have wheels" as a property of a set A, would cars as a category be an element of set A, or only a subset of A?
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