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Ideas for 'works', 'Metaphysics' and 'Modes of Extension: comment on Fine'

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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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Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons]

18884

Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons]

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

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