Jubileumseminarium: CLLAM 30 år med Øystein Linnebo (Oslo)
Seminarium
Datum: fredag 20 januari 2023
Tid: 10.00 – 12.00
Plats: D700
Abstraction and grounding: between Aristotle and Plato
Abstract
Are there “thin objects” whose existence does not make any substantial demand on the world? In my Thin Objects (OUP 2018) I defend an affirmative answer based on a Fregean form of abstraction. This talk develops two central aspects of the resulting view in a new and alternative way, using the notion of grounding. First, every truth about some thin objects is grounded in a truth that does not involve these objects. Second, the notorious “bad company problem” for abstractionism can be solved by insisting that every truth about the desired abstracta be grounded in a truth that is solely about some prior and independently available ontology. I explain how the resulting view is a form of “soft platonism” with some broadly Aristotelian features.
Senast uppdaterad: 10 januari 2023
Sidansvarig: Department of Philosophy