Single Idea 21921

[catalogued under 18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / b. Empirical concepts]

Full Idea

For Schopenhauer concepts are abstractions from perception, what he calls 'representations of representations', and are linked to the creation of language.

Gist of Idea

Concepts are abstracted from perceptions

Source

report of Arthur Schopenhauer (Fourfold Root of Princ of Sufficient Reason [1813]) by Peter B. Lewis - Schopenhauer 3

Book Reference

Lewis, Peter B.: 'Schopenhauer' [Reaktion Books 2012], p.74


A Reaction

This is a traditional view which dates back to Aristotle, and which I personally think is entirely correct. These days I am in minority on that. This idea means that (contrary to Kant) perception is not conceptual.