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All the ideas for '04: Gospel of St John', 'Essays on Intellectual Powers 5: Abstraction' and 'Understanding'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos

6294	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 2. Defining Truth

8821	Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 5. Universals as Concepts

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Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals

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Only individuals exist [Reid]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

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No one thinks two sheets possess a single whiteness, but all agree they are both white [Reid]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

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Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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Unlike knowledge, you can achieve understanding through luck [Grimm]

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'Grasping' a structure seems to be modal, because we must anticipate its behaviour [Grimm]

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You may have 'weak' understanding, if by luck you can answer a set of 'why questions' [Grimm]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought

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We must first conceive things before we can consider them [Reid]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

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First we notice and name attributes ('abstracting'); then we notice that subjects share them ('generalising') [Reid]