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Single Idea 12966
[filed under theme 7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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Full Idea
Divide terms, objects of ideas, into abstract and concrete, then the abstract into absolute and relational, the absolute into attributes and modifications, and those two into simple and composite; the concrete are substances and their substantial things.
Gist of Idea
Objects of ideas can be divided into abstract and concrete, and then further subdivided
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (New Essays on Human Understanding [1704], 2.22)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'New Essays on Human Understanding', ed/tr. Remnant/Bennett [CUP 1996], p.213
A Reaction
Make your tree from this: ABSTRACT{absolute[attributes(simple)(composite)][modifications(simple)(composite)],relations}CONCRETE{[substance][substantial form]}
The
26 ideas
with the same theme
[general ideas about the abstract/concrete border]:
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12966
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Objects of ideas can be divided into abstract and concrete, and then further subdivided
[Leibniz]
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10539
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Frege refers to 'concrete' objects, but they are no different in principle from abstract ones
[Frege, by Dummett]
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11093
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We don't say 'red' is abstract, unlike a river, just because it has discontinuous shape
[Quine]
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1630
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We can only see an alien language in terms of our own thought structures (e.g. physical/abstract)
[Quine]
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10540
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We can't say that light is concrete but radio waves abstract
[Dummett]
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10515
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Ostension is possible for concreta; abstracta can only be referred to via other objects
[Dummett, by Hale]
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10544
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The concrete/abstract distinction seems crude: in which category is the Mistral?
[Dummett]
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10546
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We don't need a sharp concrete/abstract distinction
[Dummett]
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9884
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The distinction of concrete/abstract, or actual/non-actual, is a scale, not a dichotomy
[Dummett]
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10577
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Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential
[Yablo]
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10578
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We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori
[Yablo]
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9210
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Possible objects are abstract; actual concrete objects are possible; so abstract/concrete are compatible
[Fine,K]
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10227
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The abstract/concrete boundary now seems blurred, and would need a defence
[Shapiro]
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10226
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Mathematicians regard arithmetic as concrete, and group theory as abstract
[Shapiro]
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9918
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Abstract/concrete is a distinction of kind, not degree
[Burgess/Rosen]
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9929
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Much of what science says about concrete entities is 'abstraction-laden'
[Burgess/Rosen]
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9619
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David's 'Napoleon' is about something concrete and something abstract
[Brown,JR]
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10512
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The abstract/concrete distinction is based on what is perceivable, causal and located
[Hale]
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10517
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Colours and points seem to be both concrete and abstract
[Hale]
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10519
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The abstract/concrete distinction is in the relations in the identity-criteria of object-names
[Hale]
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10520
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Token-letters and token-words are concrete objects, type-letters and type-words abstract
[Hale]
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8953
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Abstract entities don't depend on their concrete entities ...but maybe on the totality of concrete things
[Szabó]
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22287
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If 'concrete' is the negative of 'abstract', that means desires and hallucinations are concrete
[Potter]
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13744
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The cosmos is the only fundamental entity, from which all else exists by abstraction
[Schaffer,J]
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10493
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If concrete is spatio-temporal and causal, and abstract isn't, the distinction doesn't suit physics
[Ladyman/Ross]
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14934
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Concrete and abstract are too crude for modern physics
[Ladyman/Ross]
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