In [[philosophy]] and [[second scholasticism]], '''objective precision''' (Latin ''{{langx|la|praecisio obiectiva''}}) is the "objective" aspect of [[abstraction]]. Objective precision is the process by which certain features (the [[differentia]]e) of the real object of a [[formal concept]] are excluded from the comprehension of that concept; the object is thus being intentionally transformed into a universal [[objective concept]]. Objective precision is thus a process by which universal objective concepts<ref>{{cite web |last1=Novak |first1=Mgr. Lukas |title=DUNS SCOTUS’S THEORY OF UNIVOCITY |url=http://www.skaut.org/ln/docs/univocity.pdf |website=www.skaut.org |publisher=University of South Bohemia in Budweis (Ceske Budejovice) Czech Republic |access-date=27 March 2024 |date=13 July 2005}}</ref> arise. It is the "objective" aspect of the process of (total) abstraction or concept-formation.
== Objective precision and formal precision ==
Line 18 ⟶ 17:
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Sources==
* Daniel Heider, Andersen Claus A. (eds.), ''Cognitive Issues in the Long Scotist Tradition'', Schwabe Verlag, 2023.
