Full Idea
Talk of abstraction and 'partial consideration' (Locke) does not make what is abstracted mind-dependent. In abstracting, you attend to what is there to be considered.
Gist of Idea
Mental abstraction does not make what is abstracted mind-dependent
Source
John Heil (The Universe as We Find It [2012], 05.7)
Book Reference
Heil,John: 'The Universe as We Find It' [OUP 2012], p.106
A Reaction
Quite so. The point is to focus on aspects of reality. Does anyone seriously doubt that reality has 'aspects'?