Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Tim Bayne, Terry Pinkard 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]
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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]
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Perception reveals what animals think, but humans can disengage thought from perception [Bayne]
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Some people centre space on themselves; others centre space on the earth [Bayne]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 4. Language of Thought
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The alternative to a language of thought is map-like or diagram-like thought [Bayne]
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18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas
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Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid]
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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]
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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]
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