humanities.philosophy.objectivism

Malrassic Park wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:58:49 -0700, Mark N
> wrote:
>
>>Malrassic Park wrote:
>>
>>>There may not be manness in men, but is there "manness" in the concept
>>>"men"?
>>
>>That's too deep for me!
>
> Then try this: is there "existence" in the concept "men"?

I'm not sure what the question means. Are you asking whether or not the
concept denoted by "men" depends in some way on the concept denoted by
"existence"?

>>>And does asking that make me an Evil Skeptic?
>>
>>I don't think so. As far as I can tell, you are not trying to destroy
>>Man's Mind.
>
> I wish everybody else here would see it that way.
>
> What, by the way, is the difference between "concept formation" and
> "concept learning"?
>
> I ask because Wikipedia redirects every search on the former to an
> article about the latter.
>
> Is the formation of a concept identical with its being learned?

I don't know. Were you looking for material on the process by which
concepts are formed? Just offhand, I would think that material on how
concepts are learned would speak to the same process, but maybe from a
somewhat different perspective.

You ask many perplexing questions, Sir! Not that there's anything wrong
with that.

Mark


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