#### [[Abstraction leads to a universal conceptual hierarchy]]
---
```
"THE BRIDGE ACROSS CONSCIOUSNESS"
"Left Brain - Lowest level" "Right Brain - Highest level"
PARTICULARS<------------------------------------------------------>UNIVERSALS
|
zero <--few dimensions | many dimensions--> infinite
|
<--Lowest level of abstraction | Highest level of abstraction-->
Levels: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |
|<---------------- Main Index of Levels --------------->|
| |
|-->"bottom up" "top down"<--|
Concrete | | Abstract
Actuality -->| |<--Theory,
Actual |-->induction deduction<--| Holism,
Object X |-->synthesis analysis<--| Metaphysics
|<--differences similarities-->|
content<--|-->form
```
**EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONCEPTS DEFINED AS POLAR OPPOSITES
UP AND DOWN THE HIERARCHY OF ABSTRACTION:**
<--Lower Level / Higher Level-->
<-- left brain - right brain -->
1. Continuous----------------------Discrete
2. Analog--------------------------Digital
3. Numeric-------------------------Alphabetic
4. Empirical-----------------------Abstract
5. Particular----------------------General
6. Specific------------------------Universal
7. Factual-------------------------Theoretical
8. Concrete------------------------Symbolic
9. Local---------------------------Global
10. Actual--------------------------Conceptual
11. Quantitative--------------------Qualitative
12. Reductionist--------------------Holistic
13. Analytic------------------------Synthetic
14. Decomposition-------------------Composition
15. Deduction-----------------------Induction
16. Part----------------------------Whole
17. Subset--------------------------Superset
18. Serial--------------------------Parallel
19. Sequential----------------------Simultaneous
20. One at a time-------------------All at the same
in single file time, at once
21. Clock time/immediate------------Timeless/eternal
now now
22. Content-------------------------Form
23. Diversity-----------------------Unity
24. "The Many"----------------------"The One"
25. "The Relative"------------------"The Absolute"
26. "Science"-----------------------"Religion"
---
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Reference:
[[@weinbergCreativeCareersLife2019]]
[[@dasguptaComputerScienceVery2016]]
[[@reichertzInductionDeductionAbduction2014]]
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[[AI compensates for cognitive decline in different types of scientists]]
[[Model-based thinking and logical reasoning]]