Creating abstract objects

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5083199
AutoresDavid Friedell (0000-0002-1965-5707, Union College, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume16
Fascículo10
Data de publicação2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/phc3.12783
OpenAlexW3203947418
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências 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