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Single Idea 10644

[filed under theme 18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection ]

Full Idea

A 'felt familiarity' with universals seems to be more primitive than explicit abstraction.

Gist of Idea

A 'felt familiarity' with universals is more primitive than abstraction

Source

H.H. Price (Review of Aron 'Our Knowledge of Universals' [1946], p.188)

Book Ref

-: 'Philosophy' [-], p.188

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A Reaction

This I take to be part of the 'given' of the abstractionist view, which is quite well described in the first instance by Aristotle. Price says that it is 'pre-verbal'.

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The 3 ideas from 'Review of Aron 'Our Knowledge of Universals''

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A 'felt familiarity' with universals is more primitive than abstraction [Price,HH]

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We reach concepts by clarification, or by definition, or by habitual experience [Price,HH]

10646

Our understanding of 'dog' or 'house' arises from a repeated experience of concomitances [Price,HH]