Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Archimedes, Oswald Spengler and Stewart Shapiro
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
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Simple types can be apprehended through their tokens, via abstraction [Shapiro]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring
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A structure is an abstraction, focussing on relationships, and ignoring other features [Shapiro]
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We can apprehend structures by focusing on or ignoring features of patterns [Shapiro]
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We can focus on relations between objects (like baseballers), ignoring their other features [Shapiro]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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Abstract objects might come by abstraction over an equivalence class of base entities [Shapiro]
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