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Full Idea
Speculating cautiously about psychology, it is possible that dividing a domain up into objects is the only way we can think about it.
Gist of Idea
Maybe the only way we can think about a domain is by dividing it up into objects
Source
J Ladyman / D Ross (Every Thing Must Go [2007], 3.5)
Book Ref
Ladyman,J/Ross,D: 'Every Thing Must Go' [OUP 2007], p.155
A Reaction
Typical physicists - they speculate about psychology instead of studying it. Have they no respect for science? Neverthless my speculative psychology agrees with theirs. This fact may well be the key to all of metaphysics.
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