Locke and abstraction
Chappell’s rejection of Berkeley’s objection to abstraction in Locke’s account of ideas: Montagues are inconsistent with Capulets. Romeo is not inconsistent with Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are particulars of the general sets ‘Montagues’ and ‘Capulets’ respectively, but abstracted from these sets they are not mutually inconsistent. They are not the parts of the sets ‘Montagues’ … Read more
