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Ideas for 'After Finitude', 'Fourfold Root of Princ of Sufficient Reason' and 'The Coherence Theory of Truth'

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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / b. Empirical concepts

21921	Concepts are abstracted from perceptions [Schopenhauer, by Lewis,PB]
	Full Idea: For Schopenhauer concepts are abstractions from perception, what he calls 'representations of representations', and are linked to the creation of language.
	From: report of Arthur Schopenhauer (Fourfold Root of Princ of Sufficient Reason [1813]) by Peter B. Lewis - Schopenhauer 3
	A reaction: This is a traditional view which dates back to Aristotle, and which I personally think is entirely correct. These days I am in minority on that. This idea means that (contrary to Kant) perception is not conceptual.