Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Peter Geach, Gottfried Leibniz and Robert Hanna

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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 2. Imagination
11081 Imagination grasps abstracta, generates images, and has its own correctness conditions [Hanna]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind
8775 A big flea is a small animal, so 'big' and 'small' cannot be acquired by abstraction [Geach]
8776 We cannot learn relations by abstraction, because their converse must be learned too [Geach]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind
12951 Abstraction attends to the general, not the particular, and involves universal truths [Leibniz]
10732 If concepts are just recognitional, then general judgements would be impossible [Geach]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving
13193 Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz]
19364 Volition automatically endeavours to move towards what it sees as good (and away from bad) [Leibniz]
13183 Primitive forces are internal strivings of substances, acting according to their internal laws [Leibniz]