Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Herodotus, JP Burgess / G Rosen and Edouard Machery
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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Abstract/concrete is a distinction of kind, not degree [Burgess/Rosen]
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Much of what science says about concrete entities is 'abstraction-laden' [Burgess/Rosen]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / b. Levels of abstraction
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Mathematics has ascended to higher and higher levels of abstraction [Burgess/Rosen]
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Abstraction is on a scale, of sets, to attributes, to type-formulas, to token-formulas [Burgess/Rosen]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 1. Categories
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Do categories store causal knowledge, or typical properties, or knowledge of individuals? [Machery]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 2. Categorisation
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Are quick and slow categorisation the same process, or quite different? [Machery]
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For each category of objects (such as 'dog') an individual seems to have several concepts [Machery]
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A thing is classified if its features are likely to be generated by that category's causal laws [Machery]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
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There may be ad hoc categories, such as the things to pack in your suitcase for a trip [Machery]
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