Ep 100: David Deutsch
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Is There a Reality to Abstractions?
i wanted to ask you if you distinguish between kinds of abstractions, rather than defending the thesis that abstractions are real. Can you explain if there are these different species of abstractions? And if so, how do we understand the differences in their existence? I think notto most people listening to this,. But it can sound like an appeal to the supernatural, or some sort of woo because some people are physicalists.
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