BQ13

Class Responses and Instructor Comments

>From eddie:

We use of words to stand for outward marks of our internal ideas. Those ideas being taken from particular things. The mind makes the particular ideas received from particular objects to become general. Ideas taken from particular beings become general representatives of all of the same kind; and applicable to whatever exists conformable to such abstract ideas. An example of this is a triangle. There are many different types of triangles that look very different from each other but they all are considered under the same name,triangle.

>rm says: This quote should be cited. Anyway, it's not far, but nor quite on topic, either.

Berkeley Reading Guide 13. How does the presupposition that each word stands for one thing lead to the doctrine of abstract ideas? Be specific.		Back to Berkeley Reading Guide Back to Philosophy 101 Home Next Question
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