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Extensionalism: The Revolution in Logic (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008)
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a single life-span. Philosophers, then, do not see more or know
more, and they do not see less or know less. They aim to see less
detail and more of the abstract. Their details, if you like, are
abstractions. Walking on God's earth as a pedestrian, as a farmer
working his fields or as a passer-by, one's picture of one's
surroundings is every bit as intelligent as that of the pilot
riding the sky. The views of the field are radically different,
however. One sees only a specific field and in all lively detail:
the exact pattern of the land, or even the exact outline of a given
leaf, grasshopper, grain of sand even. Acquaintance with minute
detail is not without its price: details may stand in the way of
conjuring the big picture. It may be difficult to compare whichever
field one happens to be in with far off fields, with respect to
their size or shape or any other quality. One may wish to inquire
if far off fields were already planted, harvested, or even if they
exist. A pedestrian may find it hard or even impossible to do so.
The pedestrian view contains fine points that the pilot's map never
would, but it does not necessarily contain more information, for it
lacks the general context. After all, there are only so many items
that one can observe and account for at a single glance, a single
map, a single book, a single life-span.
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