if there is such a thing as an idea that has a definable ontology, then it in some way would need to be instantiated. However how does an idea find its first instantiation? — Mark Sparks
These constraints "always exist" in some real sense. It is just that they exist as the final cause or goal state. They are concretely realised by the end when the forces of constraining order have put an end to the hot jiggle of the material possibilities.
how under an “in re” realism metaphysic a seemingly new idea (or concept) could come into existence. — Mark Sparks
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