Introduction

pp. 1-4

in: Allan Bäck, Aristotle's theory of abstraction, Berlin, Springer, 2014

Abstract

Philosophers deal with abstractions. Being reflective, they also have come up with theories about what these abstractions are. Aristotle is no exception. Indeed, he gave what turned into a canonical account of abstraction (Weinberg 1965: 5). Here I shall investigate what Aristotle thinks abstraction is and how he uses it.