Re: Abstractism

From: Robin Faichney (robin@ii01.org)
Date: Thu Jan 24 2002 - 09:32:19 GMT

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    On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 05:51:40PM -0800, Dace wrote:
    >
    > To be real a thing must exist whether or not we believe in it. An
    > abstraction, by definition, is a product of consciousness. It cannot exist
    > unless we imagine it-- precisely the opposite of the ontological criterion.

    That's wrong. Objective abstractions are explained here:
    http://www.ii01.org/levels.html 

    -- 
Robin Faichney
"One person's mess is another's complexity"
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