Abstractionism

AbstractionismIs the principle that the thoughts obtains a few or all of its standards by abstracting them from standards it already has, or from revel in.[1] One may also, for example, summary 'green' from a fixed of studies which contain inexperienced along side other houses. Also, for example, one may also summary a regular concept like 'vegetable' from the already possessed ideas of its instances (carrot, broccoli, onion, and so forth.). This view became criticized through George Berkeley[2] and Peter Geach.[1

References

1. ^ Jump up to: ^{a b} Geach, Peter (1957) Mental Acts - Their Contents and Their Objects. Routledge Kegan Paul.
2. Jump up ^ Flage, Daniel (1986). "Berkeley on Abstraction". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 24 (4): 483–501. doi:10.1353/hph.1986.0073.