Is the abstract vs concrete distinction exhaustive & exclusive? Four reasons to be suspicious

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There is a widespread consensus within analytic metaphysics that the abstract versus concrete distinction, if valid at all, must be thought of as exhaustive and exclusive. I present four arguments designed to cast doubt on this consensus.

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10.1111/phib.12288

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Travis Dumsday
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