[Revised entry by Mark Balaguer on December 24, 2024.
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Platonism is the view that there exist such things as abstract objects – where (on one standard definition) an abstract object is an object that’s non-spatial, non-temporal, non-physical, non-mental, and non-causal. Platonism in this sense is a contemporary view. It is obviously related to the views of Plato in important ways, but it is not entirely clear that Plato endorsed this view, as it is defined here. In order to remain neutral on this question, the term “platonism” is spelled with a…

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