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'Metaphysics', 'Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity' and 'The Limits of Abstraction'
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / b. Human rationality
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Aristotle sees reason as much more specific than our more everyday concept of it [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / c. Animal rationality
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Animals live by sensations, and some have good memories, but they don't connect experiences [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / B. Mechanics of Thought / 5. Mental Files
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Many memories make up a single experience [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / D. Concepts / 4. Structure of Concepts / i. Conceptual priority
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It is unclear whether acute angles are prior to right angles, or fingers to men [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
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Fine's 'procedural postulationism' uses creative definitions, but avoids abstract ontology [Fine,K, by Cook/Ebert]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
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Many different kinds of mathematical objects can be regarded as forms of abstraction [Fine,K]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring
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Mathematicians study quantity and continuity, and remove the perceptible features of things [Aristotle]
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Mathematicians suppose inseparable aspects to be separable, and study them in isolation [Aristotle]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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We can abstract from concepts (e.g. to number) and from objects (e.g. to direction) [Fine,K]
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Fine considers abstraction as reconceptualization, to produce new senses by analysing given senses [Fine,K, by Cook/Ebert]
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Abstractionism can be regarded as an alternative to set theory [Fine,K]
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An object is the abstract of a concept with respect to a relation on concepts [Fine,K]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
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If health happened to be white, the science of health would not study whiteness [Aristotle]
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