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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'The Metaontology of Abstraction' and 'Reply to First Objections'

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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring

9792	Mathematicians study quantity and continuity, and remove the perceptible features of things [Aristotle]

9077	Mathematicians suppose inseparable aspects to be separable, and study them in isolation [Aristotle]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence

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Abstractionism needs existential commitment and uniform truth-conditions [Hale/Wright]

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Equivalence abstraction refers to objects otherwise beyond our grasp [Hale/Wright]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9075	If health happened to be white, the science of health would not study whiteness [Aristotle]