Abstract objects : for and against
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Abstract objects : for and against
（Synthese library, v. 422）
Springer, c2020
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This volume examines the question "Do abstract objects exist?", presenting new work from contributing authors across different branches of philosophy. The introduction overviews philosophical debate which considers: what objects qualify as abstract, what do we mean by the word "exist" and indeed, what evidence should count in favor or against the thesis that abstract objects exist. Through subsequent chapters readers will discover the ubiquity of abstract objects as each philosophical field is considered.
Given the ubiquitous use of expressions that purportedly refer to abstract objects, we think that it is relevant to attend to the controversy between those who want to advocate the existence of abstract objects and those who stand against them. Contributions to this volume depict positions and debates that directly or indirectly involve taking one position or other about abstract objects of different kinds and categories. The volume provides a variety of samples of how positions for or against abstract objects can be used in different areas of philosophy in relation to different matters.
Table of Contents
PrefaceJose L. Falguera and Concha Martinez-Vidal
1. Introduction: Recent disputes on the existence on abstract objects: an overviewMatteo Plebani Part I. Enhanced Indispensability and Type Theories2. Purely Physical Explananda: Bistability in PerceptionSam Baron
3. Description, Explanation and Ontological CommitmentConcha Martinez-Vidal and Navia Rivas-de-Castro
4. Typed Object TheoryEdward Zalta Part II. Fictionalism or Realism in Philosophy of Mathematics5. Contingent Abstract ObjectsOtavio Bueno
6. Is There a Fact of the Matter about the Existence of Abstract Objects?Mary Leng Part III. Fictionalism or Realism in Philosophy of Empirical Sciences7. An ensemble-plus-standing-for account of scientific representation: no need for (unnecessary) abstract objectsJose A. Diez
8. The Nature of Scientific Models: Abstract Artifacts that Determine Fictional SystemsXavier de Donato-Rodriguez and Jose L. Falguera
9. The Scope and Power of Abstraction in ScienceStathis Psillos
10. Models and DenotationFiora Salis, Roman Frigg, and James Nguyen Part IV. Fictionalism or Realism in Philosophy of Language11. Fictional Co-identification: The Explanatory Lightweight of RealismManuel Garcia-Carpintero
12. What is the difference between Hamlet and me? Fiction, metaphysics and the nature of our moral thinkingSofia Miguens
13. Abstract Objects and the Core-Periphery Distinction in the Ontological and Conceptual Domain of Natural LanguageFriederike Moltmann
14. How to Vindicate (Fictional) CreationismAlberto Voltolini Part V. Fictionalism or Realism in Moral Philosophy and Philosophy of Arts15. Moral Folkism and the Deflation of (Lots of) Normative and MetaethicsMark Balaguer
16. Methodology in the ontology of artworks: exploring hermeneutic fictionalismElisa Caldarolo
17. A Realist-Friendly Argument for Moral Fictionalism: Perhaps You'd Better Not Believe ItChristopher Jay
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