Book | Chapter
Abstraction in different disciplines
pp. 11-47
Abstract
In this chapter the notions of abstraction introduced or used in various disciplines are reviewed. In particular, Philosophy, Computer Science, Cognition, Vision, Art, and Mathematics have been taken into consideration. The chapter is not intended to be a state-of-the-art in the selected fields, but an overview of the ideas behind abstraction and its use.
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Saitta Lorenza, Zucker Jean-Daniel (2013) Abstraction in artificial intelligence and complex systems. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 11-47
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7052-6_2
Full citation:
Saitta Lorenza, Zucker Jean-Daniel (2013) Abstraction in different disciplines, In: Abstraction in artificial intelligence and complex systems, Dordrecht, Springer, 11–47.