Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Benjamin Constant, Jürgen Habermas and Thomas Reid

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

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We must first conceive things before we can consider them [Reid]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 8. Human Thought

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The structure of languages reveals a uniformity in basic human opinions [Reid]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

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Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

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First we notice and name attributes ('abstracting'); then we notice that subjects share them ('generalising') [Reid]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

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If you can't distinguish the features of a complex object, your notion of it would be a muddle [Reid]

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Only mature minds can distinguish the qualities of a body [Reid]