15 ideas
| 14329 | Some dispositional properties (such as mental ones) may have no categorical base [Price,HH] |
| 23633 | Many truths seem obvious, and point to universal agreement - which is what we find [Reid] |
| 9032 | Before we can abstract from an instance of violet, we must first recognise it [Price,HH] |
| 9035 | If judgement of a characteristic is possible, that part of abstraction must be complete [Price,HH] |
| 9034 | There may be degrees of abstraction which allow recognition by signs, without full concepts [Price,HH] |
| 9036 | There is pre-verbal sign-based abstraction, as when ice actually looks cold [Price,HH] |
| 9037 | Intelligent behaviour, even in animals, has something abstract about it [Price,HH] |
| 9033 | Recognition must precede the acquisition of basic concepts, so it is the fundamental intellectual process [Price,HH] |
| 23630 | Only philosophers treat ideas as objects [Reid] |
| 9030 | Abstractions can be interpreted dispositionally, as the ability to recognise or imagine an item [Price,HH] |
| 9029 | If ideas have to be images, then abstract ideas become a paradoxical problem [Price,HH] |
| 9031 | The basic concepts of conceptual cognition are acquired by direct abstraction from instances [Price,HH] |
| 23629 | The ambiguity of words impedes the advancement of knowledge [Reid] |
| 21096 | The only purpose of government is to administer justice, which brings security [Hume] |
| 23632 | Similar effects come from similar causes, and causes are only what are sufficient for the effects [Reid] |