Ideas from 'Thinking and Experience' by H.H. Price [1953], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Thinking and Experience' by Price,H.H. [Hutchinson 1953,]].
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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Some dispositional properties (such as mental ones) may have no categorical base
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind
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Before we can abstract from an instance of violet, we must first recognise it
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If judgement of a characteristic is possible, that part of abstraction must be complete
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There may be degrees of abstraction which allow recognition by signs, without full concepts
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Intelligent behaviour, even in animals, has something abstract about it
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There is pre-verbal sign-based abstraction, as when ice actually looks cold
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought
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Recognition must precede the acquisition of basic concepts, so it is the fundamental intellectual process
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
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Abstractions can be interpreted dispositionally, as the ability to recognise or imagine an item
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If ideas have to be images, then abstract ideas become a paradoxical problem
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
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The basic concepts of conceptual cognition are acquired by direct abstraction from instances
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