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'Metaphysics', 'Abstract Objects:intro to Axiomatic Metaphysics' and 'Logic (Port-Royal Art of Thinking)'
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind
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We know by abstraction because we only understand composite things a part at a time [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind
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Skill comes from a general assumption obtained from thinking about similar things [Aristotle]
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Aristotle distinguishes two different sorts of generality - kinds, and properties [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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A triangle diagram is about all triangles, if some features are ignored [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]
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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation
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Science is more accurate when it is prior and simpler, especially without magnitude or movement [Aristotle]
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No one denies that a line has width, but we can just attend to its length [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]
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