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CfP special issue of the journal "Theoria" on Thin Objects, Deadline: 1 Jun 2021

Special Issue of Theoria on Thin Objects

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/17552567/open_calls_for_papers

Guest editors: Massimiliano Carrara (FISPPA, Padua), Luca Zanetti (School 
for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia)ù

Deadline for submission: June 1st, 2021 Description: In his recent book 
'Thin Objects: An Abstractionist Account' (Oxford University Press, 2018), 
Øystein Linnebo claims that mathematical objects are thin in the sense 
that "very little is required for their existence". Linnebo articulates 
this view in terms of Fregean abstraction principles, arguing that it is 
sufficient for abstract objects to exist that some nonabstract objects, or 
pluralities thereof, stands in the appropriate equivalence relations. 
Linnebo set up, among others, a defence of predicative vis--à-vis 
impredicative abstraction, and articulates a 'dynamic' approach to 
abstraction itself, on which abstraction is taken to extend the domain of 
objects available for quantification, and predicative abstraction is 
iterated over larger and larger domains.

The goal of this Special Issue is to bring together contributions 
addressing both the philosophical and the technical aspects of Linnebo's 
book, also in connection to similar proposals in the philosophy of 
mathematics and logic. This Special Issue is partly based on two events on 
Linnebo's book which took place in Italy in 2019: the Workshop on Øystein 
Linnebo's Thin Objects (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, 
11 June.2019) and the Workshop on Thin Objects (University of Padua, 18 
October 2019).

Øystein Linnebo will contribute a précis of his book, opening the issue, 
and a 'Reply to Critics?, closing the issue.

Contributions to the Special Issue should consist in short papers 
(4000-6000 words). Papers must be submitted before June 1, 2021 via 
Manuscript Central (please select "Special Issue on Thin Objects"): 
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/theo

Further instructions for authors can be found here: 
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/17552567/homepage/forauthors.html

Please notify the Guest Editors when you submit your paper. Each 
manuscript will undergo double-blind peer review. For any further 
information please contact Prof. Massimiliano Carrara ( < 
massimiliano.carrara@unipd.it <mailto:massimiliano.carrara@unipd.it>>) or 
Dr. Luca Zanetti (<luca.zanetti@iusspavia.it 
<mailto:luca.zanetti@iusspavia.it>>).
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