Abstraction

my concept of an egregore is any entity that is a component of greater abstractive systems, has its own system of functioning, and is composed of lesser abstractive systems.
-- Melody Arayismol.substack.comAbstraction may be conceived as an ability or as the product of such, of the abstraction faculty. The faculty of abstraction is useful in that when humans poitn a finger at something, they may be able to abstract from the gesture what is being pointed at, while dogs, who apparently have a lower ability for abstraction, may not be able to understand that something is being pointed at, and simply look at the finger.Ge
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