Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Tom G. Palmer Quotes: Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.
         

Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.


Tom G. Palmer
Check all other quotes by Tom G. Palmer

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Tom G. Palmer Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Abstraction-is-a-mental-process-we-use-1117034>.





Check out


Other quotes of Tom G. Palmer


What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.

What libertarians assert is simply that differences among normal adults do not imply different fundamental rights.



Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded.

Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded.



If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?

If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?



The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket.

The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket.



The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does.

The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does.



Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good.

Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good.



It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.

It is precisely because neither individuals nor small groups can be fully self-sufficient that cooperation is necessary to human survival and flourishing.



But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.

But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.



Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.

Equality of rights means that some people cannot simply impose obligations on others, for the moral agency and rights of those others would then be violated.



Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.

Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others.





Other quotes you may like



If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.




So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.

So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.



Out of the dragon's claws and into the fire, there's a moment in every man's life when he must decide what is wrong and what is right.

Out of the dragon's claws and into the fire, there's a moment in every man's life when he must decide what is wrong and what is right.



If you want to enter a state of grace, question the assumption you’re defending right now.

If you want to enter a state of grace, question the assumption you’re defending right now.



Many of our troubles are chronic. Life is chronic.

Many of our troubles are chronic. Life is chronic.



Education is the great American adventure, the world's most colossal democratic experiment.

Education is the great American adventure, the world's most colossal democratic experiment.



Resurrection, like politics, makes strange bedfellows.

Resurrection, like politics, makes strange bedfellows.



We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Abstraction is a mental process we use when trying to discern what is essential or relevant to a problem; it does not require a belief in abstract entities.". Author of this quote is Tom G. Palmer. This quote is about process, use, problem, abstract, belief, essentials, abstraction, trying, relevant,.