Abstract vs. Physical is a Contradiction

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Eodnhoj7
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Re: Abstract vs. Physical is a Contradiction

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surreptitious57 wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 8:53 pm
Eodnhoj wrote:
Is context a physical phenomenon or is it an abstraction
Context is an abstract concept for both the abstract and the physical
So context, as an abstraction, links the abstract to the physical?

This is like saying abstraction links abstraction to the physical.
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Re: Abstract vs. Physical is a Contradiction

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Eodnho wrote:
If numbers only exist through the act of counting they require empirical proof as counting is grounded in empiricism
The things that are being counted are empirical but the counting system is abstract because numbers are just concepts
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Re: Abstract vs. Physical is a Contradiction

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Eodnhoj wrote:
So context as an abstraction links the abstract to the physical

This is like saying abstraction links abstraction to the physical
Context is a purely mental phenomenon that only exists within human minds
And so it is not something that can be physically seen as it is only conceptual
All mental mapping is mind dependent because it cannot exist without minds
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Re: Abstract vs. Physical is a Contradiction

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surreptitious57 wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:09 pm
Eodnho wrote:
If numbers only exist through the act of counting they require empirical proof as counting is grounded in empiricism
The things that are being counted are empirical but the counting system is abstract because numbers are just concepts
The concepts exist through the empirical, 1 equivocates to all physical forms. 1 is form, form is both physical and abstract.
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Re: Abstract vs. Physical is a Contradiction

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surreptitious57 wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 11:18 pm
Eodnhoj wrote:
So context as an abstraction links the abstract to the physical

This is like saying abstraction links abstraction to the physical
Context is a purely mental phenomenon that only exists within human minds
And so it is not something that can be physically seen as it is only conceptual
All mental mapping is mind dependent because it cannot exist without minds

So abstraction (context) is linked to empirical reality through an abstraction but abstractions are disconnected from the physical?

One cannot see a form physically?
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