But it’s a thought experiment, not a description of reality. | by Alexander Douglas | Medium

Let me know when Treasury bonds can be purchased in milk so I can stock ahead for my cereal needs. The debt is denominated in the US dollar here, and “ONLY” the US dollar is available as payment whe…

Let me know when Treasury bonds can be purchased in milk so I can stock ahead for my cereal needs.

Keith Evans

Alexander Douglas

1 min readOct 16, 2019

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But it’s a thought experiment, not a description of reality. It’s meant to illuminate a certain structural feature of reality, but not by being directly applied like that.

Alexander Douglas

Written by Alexander Douglas

Lecturer in Philosophy, University of St. Andrews — personal website: https://axdouglas.com/

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