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Ideas for 'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'Properties' and 'Sameness and Substance'

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

16518	We conceptualise objects, but they impinge on us [Wiggins]
	Full Idea: The mind conceptualises objects, yet objects impinge upon the mind.
	From: David Wiggins (Sameness and Substance [1980], 3.5)
	A reaction: A very nice statement of the relationship, and the fact that we don't just make our concepts up.

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / f. Theory theory of concepts

16511	A 'conception' of a horse is a full theory of what it is (and not just the 'concept') [Wiggins]
	Full Idea: A 'conception' of horse is a theory of what a horse is, or what it is to be a horse. The conception is in no way the same as the concept. The conception is of the concept.
	From: David Wiggins (Sameness and Substance [1980], 3.1)
	A reaction: Wiggins sounds confident about a sharp distinction here, which I doubt, but some such distinction seems to required. I quite like Williams's 'fat' and 'thin' concepts.