Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Tim Bayne, H.H. Price and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind
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Before we can abstract from an instance of violet, we must first recognise it [Price,HH]
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If judgement of a characteristic is possible, that part of abstraction must be complete [Price,HH]
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There may be degrees of abstraction which allow recognition by signs, without full concepts [Price,HH]
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There is pre-verbal sign-based abstraction, as when ice actually looks cold [Price,HH]
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Intelligent behaviour, even in animals, has something abstract about it [Price,HH]
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind
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General ideas are purely intellectual; imagining them is immediately particular [Rousseau]
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Only words can introduce general ideas into the mind [Rousseau]
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