11 ideas
22329 | Logic is highly general truths abstracted from reality [Russell, by Glock] |
10502 | We can rise by degrees through abstraction, with higher levels representing more things [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
21227 | The Cogito demands a bridge to the world, and ends in isolating the ego [Velarde-Mayol] |
18258 | We can only know the exterior world via our ideas [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
21215 | The representation may not be a likeness [Velarde-Mayol] |
16784 | Forms make things distinct and explain the properties, by pure form, or arrangement of parts [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
10499 | We know by abstraction because we only understand composite things a part at a time [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
10501 | A triangle diagram is about all triangles, if some features are ignored [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
21569 | It is good to generalise truths as much as possible [Russell] |
10500 | No one denies that a line has width, but we can just attend to its length [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
21219 | Find the essence by varying an object, to see what remains invariable [Velarde-Mayol] |