Abstract and concrete
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Abstract and concrete are classifications that denote whether a term describes an object with a physical referent or one with no physical referents. They are most commonly used in philosophy and semantics. Abstract objects are sometimes called abstracta (sing. abstractum) and concrete objects are sometimes called concreta (sing. concretum). An abstract object is an object which does not exist at any particular time or place, but rather exists as a type of thing, i.e. an idea, or abstraction.
See also
- Abstraction
- Abstract structure
- Conceptual framework
- Immanuel Kant
- Nominalism
- Non-physical entity
- Object (philosophy)
- Object of the mind
- Philosophy of mathematics
- Platonic form
- Problem of universals
- Universal (metaphysics)
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