Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Benjamin Constant, Hillel the Elder 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]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring

9626	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]

9554	We can focus on relations between objects (like baseballers), ignoring their other features [Shapiro]

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]