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Single Idea 17710

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

Full Idea

Aristotelian justification is the process of reasoning using concepts that are abstracted from experience (rather than, say, concepts that are innate or those that we associate with the meanings of words).

Gist of Idea

Aristotelian justification uses concepts abstracted from experience

Source

Edwin D. Mares (A Priori [2011], 08.1)

Book Ref

Mares,Edwin: 'A Priori' [Acumen 2011], p.123

A Reaction

See Carrie Jenkins for a full theory along these lines (though she doesn't mention Aristotle). This is definitely my preferred view of concepts.

The 9 ideas with the same theme [concepts as derived most from experience]:

22763 We can only dream of a winged man if we have experienced men and some winged thing [Sext.Empiricus]
12475 All our ideas derive either from sensation, or from inner reflection [Locke]
17735 Simple ideas are produced in us by external things, and they match their appearances [Locke]
21921 Concepts are abstracted from perceptions [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB]
21475 All of our concepts are borrowed from perceptual knowledge [Schopenhauer]
16518 We conceptualise objects, but they impinge on us [Wiggins]
17710 Aristotelian justification uses concepts abstracted from experience [Mares]
17718 Grounded concepts are trustworthy maps of the world [Jenkins]
17739 The physical effect of world on brain explains the concepts we possess [Jenkins]