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18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 5. Rationality / c. Animal rationality
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Aristotle and the Stoics denied rationality to animals, while Platonists affirmed it [Aristotle, by Sorabji]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
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Fine's 'procedural postulationism' uses creative definitions, but avoids abstract ontology [Fine,K, by Cook/Ebert]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
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Many different kinds of mathematical objects can be regarded as forms of abstraction [Fine,K]
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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 7. Abstracta by Equivalence
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We can abstract from concepts (e.g. to number) and from objects (e.g. to direction) [Fine,K]
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Fine considers abstraction as reconceptualization, to produce new senses by analysing given senses [Fine,K, by Cook/Ebert]
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Abstractionism can be regarded as an alternative to set theory [Fine,K]
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An object is the abstract of a concept with respect to a relation on concepts [Fine,K]
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