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Quote: in ontological symbolism, a symbol refers to an independent object or thing; with operative symbolism (Leibniz), the meaning of symbols is irrelevant to their manipulation
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abstraction by name
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[Leibniz marked the] transition from an "ontological symbolism" to an … "Ontological symbolism" means that a symbol refers to … operates with the "things" the symbols stand for. … The basic idea of operative symbolism is that … to pregiven rules. Google-1 Google-2
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Topic: symbolic representation (26 items)
Group: formalism (9 topics, 473 quotes)
Topic: abstraction by name (29 items)