On Perceiving Tropes
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Tropes and Other Things
Our day-today experience of the world regularly brings us into contact with middle-sized objects such as apples, dogs, and other human beings. These objects possess observable properties, properties that are available or accessible to the unaided senses, such as redness and roundness, as well as properties that are not so available, such as chemical ones. Both of these kinds of properties serve...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Studia Humana
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2299-0518
DOI: 10.1515/sh-2015-0012