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'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Frege philosophy of mathematics' and 'Thinking and Experience'
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
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Abstractions can be interpreted dispositionally, as the ability to recognise or imagine an item [Price,HH]
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If ideas have to be images, then abstract ideas become a paradoxical problem [Price,HH]
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Abstract terms are acceptable as long as we know how they function linguistically [Dummett]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
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The basic concepts of conceptual cognition are acquired by direct abstraction from instances [Price,HH]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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There is no reason why abstraction by equivalence classes should be called 'logical' [Dummett, by Tait]
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We arrive at the concept 'suicide' by comparing 'Cato killed Cato' with 'Brutus killed Brutus' [Dummett]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
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To abstract from spoons (to get the same number as the forks), the spoons must be indistinguishable too [Dummett]
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