Combining Philosophers

Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Xenocrates and Joseph Joubert

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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought

8103	A thought is as real as a cannon ball [Joubert]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

8100	Where does the bird's idea of a nest come from? [Joubert]

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]

8786	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]