A Metaphysical Puzzle for Neo‐Fregean Abstractionists

Theoria 89 (3):266-279 (2023)
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We discuss abstraction principles in the context of modal and temporal logic. It is argued that abstractionism conflicts with both serious presentism and serious actualism.

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