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Abstraction

Abstraction is the process of generalizing rules and concepts from specific examples, literal (real or concrete) signifiers, first principles, or other methods. The result of the process, an abstraction, is a concept that acts as a common noun for all subordinate concepts and connects any related concepts as a group, field or category.

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related to Further reading · 28
Abstraction → Abstract Community, Bringing Theory Back In, Collected Works, Eric, General Ideas, Globalism, ISBN, James, Jung, Laurence, London, Margolis, Nation Formation, Nationalism, NJ, Origin, Paul, Philosophers' Imprint, Princeton, Princeton University Press
related to In social theory · 21
Abstraction → Abstract Community, Alfred Sohn-Rethel, Bringing Theory Back In, Can, Constitutive Abstraction, For, Globalism, He, Journal Arena, Moreover, Nation Formation, Nationalism, One, Social, The, Theory, These, This, Towards, Tribalism
related to history · 14
Abstraction → Anaximander, Aristotle, Bacon, BCE, England, Francis Bacon's Novum Organum, Francis Fukuyama, Greek, He, Its, Jacobean, Thales, The, Western
related to Physicality · 11
Abstraction → Abstract, According, Fertile Crescent, For, God, However, In, Schmandt-Besserat, That, The, These
related to Instantiation · 7
Abstraction → Although, By, Doing, It, Non-existent, Those, We
related to External links · 6
Abstraction → Gottlob FregeDiscussion, Indiana Philosophy Ontology ProjectAbstraction, Internet Archive, Philosophy, PhilPapersInternet Encyclopedia, The Well
related to In philosophy · 6
Abstraction → An Essay Concerning Human, Another, It, John Locke, The, Understanding
related to In psychology · 6
Abstraction → Carl Jung's, Chapter XI, Jung's, Psychological Types, The, Together
related to Compression · 5
Abstraction → An, CAT, Chains, In, This
related to In art · 5
Abstraction → Artwork, In, Later, Strictly, Typically

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Abstractionis aprocess of generalizing rules and concepts from specific examples0.90text
Abstractionis athought process wherein ideas are distanced from objects0.90text
Abstractionis aelementary methodological tool in several disciplines of social science0.90text
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foginstance ofto the specific forms of water0.80text
and rivers.Early-modern scientists used the approach of abstractioninstance ofto the specific forms of water0.80text
color or shapeinstance ofmoving from neural impulses arising from sensory perception to basic abstractions0.80text
to experiential abstractions such as a specific catinstance ofmoving from neural impulses arising from sensory perception to basic abstractions0.80text
to semantic abstractions such as theinstance ofmoving from neural impulses arising from sensory perception to basic abstractions0.80text
reducing effortinstance ofand a reduction of form to basic geometric designs.In computer scienceSoftware developers create abstract models both as design artifacts and in source code that support the dev…0.80text
enhancing software qualityinstance ofand a reduction of form to basic geometric designs.In computer scienceSoftware developers create abstract models both as design artifacts and in source code that support the dev…0.80text

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