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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 4. Abstracta by Example

[defining abstract entities by offering examples]

2 ideas

8938	The Way of Example compares donkeys and numbers, but what is the difference, and what are numbers? [Lewis]

9917	'Abstract' is unclear, but numbers, functions and sets are clearly abstract [Field,H]