Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Edmund Husserl, Peter Simons and Stephen Hetherington

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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / b. Analysis of concepts

21214

We clarify concepts (e.g. numbers) by determining their psychological origin [Husserl, by Velarde-Mayol]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

18883

Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons]

18884

Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9819	Psychologism blunders in focusing on concept-formation instead of delineating the concepts [Dummett on Husserl]

9851	Husserl wanted to keep a shadowy remnant of abstracted objects, to correlate them [Dummett on Husserl]