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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy

15495	Analogy works, as when we eat food which others seem to be relishing [Martin,CB]
	Full Idea: The long-derided way of analogy works! Otherwise why, when someone else is relishing a food we have not tried, is it reasonable for us to try it ourselves?
	From: C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 12.2)
	A reaction: Why wouldn't we rush to eat something an animal was relishing? Nice idea.

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

15493	Memory requires abstraction, as reminders of what cannot be fully remembered [Martin,CB]
	Full Idea: Selectivity and abstraction are required for the development of memory, because reminders and promptings are rarely replicas of what is being remembered.
	From: C.B. Martin (The Mind in Nature [2008], 10.3)
	A reaction: I take the key idea of mental life to be that of a 'label'. This need not be verbal, so 'conceptual label'. It could be an image, as on a road sign. Labelling is the most indispensable aspect of thought. We label objects, parts, properties and groups.