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Ideas for 'The Limits of Abstraction', 'How Things Might Have Been' and 'True in Theory, but not in Practice'

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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9144	Fine's 'procedural postulationism' uses creative definitions, but avoids abstract ontology [Fine,K, by Cook/Ebert]

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]

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]

9142	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]