On 9/21/2010 10:32 PM, Rick Murphy wrote:
> Do you Doug, or others here, actually believe in the existence of
> objects that are not material? Do you believe that abstract objects
> exist? What about non-existent objects? There's no shortage of papers
> that make these claims. Here are two: [1], [2]. (01)
Whenever anybody raises such issues, I recommend a short transcript
of a lecture that Alonzo Church presented at Harvard -- specifically
for the purpose of annoying Quine: (02)
http://jfsowa.com/ontology/church.htm
The Ontological Status Of Women and Abstract Entities (03)
John (04)
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