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I see that there is an emphasis on studying the abstract using philosophy, but not much about abstraction. For example, I am interested in the discussion of the following two questions:

  1. How would one define abstraction in broad sense?
  2. When is it valid to abstract from a set of examples?

I also found this related discussion which talks about 1., and this one which talks about 0. but specifically for the mind.

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  • To Master Gideon, a 7th grade student in Oregon, abstraction is simply a pounding headache. To me, a child in a man's body, abstraction is, sadly, not what I intuited it to be. Bummer! – Agent Smith May 08 '23 at 05:38
  • 0. Generalization. 1. When it helps. – Scott Rowe May 08 '23 at 09:32
  • See [Bäck, The Concept of Abstraction](https://orb.binghamton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1375&context=sagp) on Aristotle's theory, and [Hill, Abstraction and Idealization in Husserl and Cantor](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233588753_Abstraction_and_Idealization_in_Edmund_Husserl_and_Georg_Cantor_Prior_to_1895). – Conifold May 08 '23 at 14:10

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