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"A unit is an existent regarded as a separate member of a group of two or more similar members" (ITOE p. 6). Implicit in the concept "unit" is the identification of a group, composed of a more than one existent. The important distinction between [[existent]] and unit is that an existent is independent of cognition, whereas the unit is the product of a consciousness "focusing on a particular attribute of the objects ..., then isolating them according to their differences, and integrating them as units into separate groups according to their similarities". (ITOE p. 6) | "A unit is an existent regarded as a separate member of a group of two or more similar members" (ITOE p. 6). Implicit in the concept "unit" is the identification of a group, composed of a more than one existent. The important distinction between [[existent]] and unit is that an existent is independent of cognition, whereas the unit is the product of a consciousness "focusing on a particular attribute of the objects ..., then isolating them according to their differences, and integrating them as units into separate groups according to their similarities". (ITOE p. 6) | ||
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"A unit is an existent regarded as a separate member of a group of two or more similar members" (ITOE p. 6). Implicit in the concept "unit" is the identification of a group, composed of a more than one existent. The important distinction between existent and unit is that an existent is independent of cognition, whereas the unit is the product of a consciousness "focusing on a particular attribute of the objects ..., then isolating them according to their differences, and integrating them as units into separate groups according to their similarities". (ITOE p. 6)
See also
| Epistemology Topics |
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| Senses | Consciousness | Volition | Concepts: Unit, Concept-Formation |
| Objectivity | Knowledge: Context, Hierarchy | Reason: Certainty, Truth, the Arbitrary | Emotions |