Single Idea 18503

[catalogued under 18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought]

Full Idea

You can entertain thoughts of things like tomatoes without a grasp of what they are.

Gist of Idea

You can think of tomatoes without grasping what they are

Source

John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 08.10)

Book Reference

Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.178


A Reaction

Lowe seemed to think that you had to grasp the generic essence of a tomato before you could think about it, but I agree entirely with Heil.