| 单词 | physical object |
| 释义 | > as lemmasphysical object physical object n. Philosophy Originally: a concrete object that exists in space and time, esp. one perceivable through the senses. Now also: any spatio-temporal object; any object amenable to study by the physical sciences.Often contrasted with objects that are abstract (propositions, numbers, etc.) or mental (ideas, intentions,etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > metaphysics > ontology > [noun] > being or entity > that exists in time and space and can be perceived material objecta1651 physical object1752 continuant1917 1752 tr. J. L. d'Alembert Plan French Encycl. 44 Intuitive evidence is the result of mere Operations of the Mind,..whilst Demonstration regards physical Objects. 1818 T. Jefferson Rep. Commissioners Univ. Virginia in Public Papers 463 Physics, or Physiology, in a general sense,..the doctrine of the physical objects of our senses. 1952 A. J. Ayer Lang., Truth, & Logic (new ed.) vi. 123 The difference between the entire class of mental objects and the entire class of physical objects is not..more fundamental than the difference between any two sub-classes of mental objects, or the difference between any two sub-classes of physical objects. 1988 Mind 97 533 The sort of objects usually required are physical objects, which are unified objects which exist in space and time. 2002 D. Jacquette Ontology I. i. 16 We may want to say that physical and abstract objects both exist, but that physical objects exist in one way and abstract objects exist in another way. < as lemmas |
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