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Object-Oriented Nature

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Object-Oriented Nature

Abstraction brings understanding and illusion
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30 Phil, Chapter 18, Peter Abelard, Touchstone 45: Object-Oriented Nature.

Our minds naturally categorize the world into objects, properties, and their interactions. We mentally reduce the complexities of reality into objects. For instance, when we interact with a battery, we use its interface, the positive and negative terminals unconcerned about the details. In this somewhat new look we add conceptual blending and object-oriented programming to the mix.

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