Combining Philosophers
Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Adam Gopnik and Gilbert Harman
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / a. Rationality
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Ordinary rationality is conservative, starting from where your beliefs currently are [Harman]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought
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Are there any meanings apart from in a language? [Harman]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 5. Concepts and Language / a. Concepts and language
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Concepts in thought have content, but not meaning, which requires communication [Harman]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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Abstracted objects are not mental creations, but depend on equivalence between given entities [Hale/Wright]
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One first-order abstraction principle is Frege's definition of 'direction' in terms of parallel lines [Hale/Wright]
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Abstractionism needs existential commitment and uniform truth-conditions [Hale/Wright]
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Equivalence abstraction refers to objects otherwise beyond our grasp [Hale/Wright]
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