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    Supports→The proposition <2+2=4> is in fact abstract

    The proposition <2+2=4> is possibly abstract

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    • 1.The proposition <2+2=4> does not entail the existence of concrete entities
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    • 2.It is possible for <2+2=4> to be true (and so to exist) in the absence of concrete entities
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    • 3.Whatever can exist in the absence of concrete entities is possibly abstract
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    A parallel “easy argument” can be given for the abstractness of at least some propositions. &lt;2+2=4&gt; does not entail the existence of concrete entities. So it is possible for it to be true (and so to exist) in the absence of concrete entities. Thus, it is possibly abstract. Assuming, contra Linksy and Zalta (1996), that abstractness is, necessarily, an essential feature of abstract entities, then it follows that &lt;2+2=4&gt; is in fact abstract. One might want to extend such arguments to c

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