Concept

Generalization

Overview

form of abstraction whereby common properties of specific instances are formulated as general concepts or claims or those general concepts themselves

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Generalization is the counterpart of abstraction. It is the functioning of an abstraction in its application to a new concrete experience,--its extension to clarify and direct new situations.
John Dewey, Democracy and Education
Names Generalization several times; states what Generalization is.
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Abstraction and generalization have always been recognized as close kin. It may be said that they are the negative and positive sides of the same function. Abstraction sets free some factor so that it may be used. Generalization is the use. It carries over and extends. It is always in some sense a leap in the dark. It is an adventure.
John Dewey, Reconstruction in Philosophy
States what Generalization is; names Generalization several times.
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We will call this generalisation _g_. Suppose we have observed a number of instances in which _F_ and _f_ go together, and no instances to the contrary. These instances may have other common properties as well; the sum-total of their common properties is called the _total positive analogy_, and the sum-total of their _known_ common qualities is called the _known positive analogy_. The properties belonging to some…
Bertrand Russell, Philosophy
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