7 ideas
9148 | I think of variables as objects rather than as signs [Fine,K] |
9152 | If green is abstracted from a thing, it is only seen as a type if it is common to many things [Fine,K] |
9149 | To obtain the number 2 by abstraction, we only want to abstract the distinctness of a pair of objects [Fine,K] |
9150 | We should define abstraction in general, with number abstraction taken as a special case [Fine,K] |
9146 | After abstraction all numbers seem identical, so only 0 and 1 will exist! [Fine,K] |
8433 | There are few traces of an event before it happens, but many afterwards [Lewis, by Horwich] |
13097 | Force in substance makes state follow state, and ensures the very existence of substance [Leibniz] |