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'Philosophy of Mathematics', 'Thinking and Experience' and 'Structuralism and the Notion of Dependence'
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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought
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Recognition must precede the acquisition of basic concepts, so it is the fundamental intellectual process [Price,HH]
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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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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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Simple types can be apprehended through their tokens, via abstraction [Shapiro]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring
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We can apprehend structures by focusing on or ignoring features of patterns [Shapiro]
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We can focus on relations between objects (like baseballers), ignoring their other features [Shapiro]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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Abstract objects might come by abstraction over an equivalence class of base entities [Shapiro]
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