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'''Abstraction''' is the [[process]] or result of generalization by reducing the [[information]] [[content]] of a [[concept]] or an observable [[phenomenon]], typically to retain only information which is relevant for a particular [[purpose]]. For example, abstracting a leather soccer ball to a ball retains only the information on general ball [[attributes]] and [[behaviour]]. Similarly, abstracting [[happiness]] to an [[emotional]] [[state]] reduces the amount of information conveyed about the emotional state. [[Computer scientists]] use abstraction to understand and solve [[problems]] and [[communicate]] their solutions with the computer in some particular computer language.
'''Abstraction''' is the [[process]] or result of generalization by reducing the [[information]] [[content]] of a [[concept]] or an observable [[phenomenon]], typically to retain only information which is relevant for a particular [[purpose]]. For example, abstracting a leather soccer ball to a ball retains only the information on general ball [[attributes]] and [[behaviour]]. Similarly, abstracting [[happiness]] to an [[emotional]] [[state]] reduces the amount of information conveyed about the emotional state. [[Computer scientists]] use abstraction to understand and solve [[problems]] and [[communicate]] their solutions with the computer in some particular computer language.
* The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition, Houghton Mifflin (1992), hardcover, 2140 pages, ISBN 0-395-44895-6
* The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition, Houghton Mifflin (1992), hardcover, 2140 pages, ISBN 0-395-44895-6
* Jung, C.G. [1921] (1971). Psychological Types, Collected Works, Volume 6, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01813-8.
* Jung, C.G. [1921] (1971). Psychological Types, Collected Works, Volume 6, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01813-8.
==See also==
*'''''[[Concrete]]'''''
[[Category: Philosophy]]
[[Category: Philosophy]]
