Concrete/abstract is a false dichotomy

• concrete / abstract is false dichotomy

• 1: The image of the dichotomous ”↔” creates a mental landscape in which the abstract is implicitly in one-to-one correspondence with the concrete.

• 2: But in practice, there are myriad responses

• Concrete experience has myriad aspects. In the first place, “one” is not established in concrete experience.

  • innumerable feature (e.g. in a programming language)

• Which part is cut out as a chunk is subjective and depends on the context.

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