Single Idea 18525

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind]

Full Idea

Talk of abstraction and 'partial consideration' (Locke) does not make what is abstracted mind-dependent. In abstracting, you attend to what is there to be considered.

Gist of Idea

Mental abstraction does not make what is abstracted mind-dependent

Source

John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 05.7)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.106


A Reaction

Quite so. The point is to focus on aspects of reality. Does anyone seriously doubt that reality has 'aspects'?