id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt n583xs58n0z David J. Pattillo Reference and Ontology: How Can We Refer to Abstract Objects? 1904 .txt text/plain 294 11 55 In chapter 3 I argue that once we distinguish truth or instantiation in a world or time from truth or instantiation at a world or time, we can see that there is nothing absurd about abstract objects being contingent or temporal (since we will still be able to say all the same true things about other worlds and times). This dissertation asks and discusses answers to the question: how can we refer to abstract objects? cache/n583xs58n0z.txt txt/n583xs58n0z.txt