On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Keith Hassen <keith.hassen@g...> wrote:
> Since 0.02 is being thrown around ... I'll give it a stab ...
>
> Wouldn't an abstract description be a definition that permits you to perform
> *deduction* in order to derive further "solutions"?  In contrast, a generic
> description is simply a way to describe a certain class of items without an
> inherent mechanism to logically introduce new elements into that class? (ie.
> no deduction can be formed based on the generic description)
>

Forgot to reply to all (sigh).  At first this seems useful, and so far
it get's my vote. However, upon pondering this a bit more I've now got
to ask; is the class of "animals" an abstraction or a generalization?

-- 
Peter Hunsberger

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