But can you really escape universals and abstract objects? When you separate the universe down to its tiniest parts, what do you call those parts?
I’m afraid it is not real in the way you say it is. Do you think the spin is real? — NOS4A2
Debates usually involve two or more competing ideas, not a series of questions and answers. So if you believe in the existence of properties then surely there is a reason why. — NOS4A2
But we already describe what an electron is. We’re speaking about an electron when defining its movements in mathematical terms. So I do not see what you mean. — NOS4A2
I don’t know. I’m not a physicist. I’m only saying that we’re speaking about electrons when defining their movements in mathematical terms, such as with “spin”. — NOS4A2
Do we say they have the universal of tree-ness and shrub-ness at the same time? — Gregory
Humans group things in their mind in order to see reality from an intellectual perspective and they can get tangled up because we can't see all of reality as it is — Gregory
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