happiness Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 (edited) I'm seeking a precise definition of this phenomenon. My general impression is that the concrete-bound person treats immediate facts as the only possibilities and fails to make connections between facts. For example, a Sanders supper objects to free market reform in healthcare by saying "but what about people with pre-existing conditions? Do we just let them die?" To him, the fact that we pay for healthcare through insurance in America under the status quo is just the way things are and the only way they can ever be unless we resort to socialism—he can conceives of other alternatives than those that exist currently. What's really happening in this person's head epistemologically? And how does this happen to people? Edited March 18, 2016 by happiness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Buddha Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Concrete-Boundedness is Rand's term for the dominate philosophical schools of thought of her day (and which she opposed) i.e. Materialism, Behaviorism and Logical Positivism. This issue is rather technical, and required some reading of the works of other philosophers. But at it's root, it holds that abstract thought can only ever be Subjective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William O Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 11 hours ago, New Buddha said: Concrete-Boundedness is Rand's term for the dominate philosophical schools of thought of her day (and which she opposed) i.e. Materialism, Behaviorism and Logical Positivism. This issue is rather technical, and required some reading of the works of other philosophers. But at it's root, it holds that abstract thought can only ever be Subjective. I initiated a productive thread contrasting logical positivism and Objectivism a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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