Single Idea 10567

[catalogued under 18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence]

Full Idea

Instead of viewing the abstracts (or sums) as being generated from objects, via the concepts from which they are defined, we can take them to be generated from conditions. The number of the universe ∞ is the number of self-identical objects.

Gist of Idea

We can create objects from conditions, rather than from concepts

Source

Kit Fine (Replies on 'Limits of Abstraction' [2005], 1)

Book Reference

-: 'Philosophical Studies' [-], p.373


A Reaction

The point is that no particular object is now required to make the abstraction.