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Ideas for 'God and Human Attributes', 'Virtue Epistemology' and 'The Universe as We Find It'

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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

18525	Mental abstraction does not make what is abstracted mind-dependent [Heil]
	Full Idea: Talk of abstraction and 'partial consideration' (Locke) does not make what is abstracted mind-dependent. In abstracting, you attend to what is there to be considered.
	From: John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 05.7)
	A reaction: Quite so. The point is to focus on aspects of reality. Does anyone seriously doubt that reality has 'aspects'?

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

18504	Only particulars exist, and generality is our mode of presentation [Heil]
	Full Idea: Existing things are particular, and generality is a feature of our ways of representing the universe.
	From: John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 01.1)
	A reaction: This is right, and expressed with beautiful simplicity. How could anyone disagree with this? But they do!