Creating abstract objects

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5083199
AutoresDavid Friedell (0000-0002-1965-5707, Union College, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen16
Número10
Fecha de publicación2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/phc3.12783
OpenAlexW3203947418
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas77

Beach's Gaelic Symphony is plausibly an abstract object that Beach created. The view that people create some abstract objects is called abstract creationism. There are abstract creationists about many kinds of objects, including musical works, fictional characters, arguments, words, internet memes, installation artworks, bitcoins, and restaurants. Alternative theories include materialism and Platonism. This paper discusses some of the most serious objections against abstract creationism. Arguably, these objections have ramifications for questions in metaphysics pertaining to the abstract/concrete distinction, time, causation, vague existence, vague identity, and inadvertent creation

Aesthetics · Causation · Creationism · Epistemology · Linguistics · Materialism · Metaphysics · Platonism · Evolution and Science Education · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science