In The Democracy of Objects (Open Humanities Press, 2011, page 246) Levi Bryant argues that existence is binary, no object is more real than any other. In his object-oriented ontology (OOO) he believes that all entities are on equal ontological footing in a flat ontology. With A.s.a. H. I have argued for (the usefulness of) a hierarchically structured ontology. I have also argued that not all entities are equally real.
My experience with A.s.a. H. Suggests that we should not extrapolate our (mental) concepts too far. I believe that the excessive extrapolation of concepts is the source of some of philosophy's problems.
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