Principle of abstraction
- 'Level of abstraction' redirects here.
The principle of abstraction is a grouping principle, whereby a hierarchy is adhered to with higher levels of abstraction placed near the top with more specific concepts underneath.
Example
For the teaching (not personnel) organization of a university the levels of abstraction would go something like this.
University
- Faculty of Science
- Department of Physics
- Subject - Physics 101
- Topic - Fluid dynamics
- Subject - Physics 101
- Department of Earth Sciences
- Department of Biology
- Department of Physics
- Faculty of Arts
- Department of History
- Australian History
- 1850-1854 Victorian Gold rush
- Australian History
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Literature
- Department of History
- Faculty of Medicine
- Department of Immunology
- Department of Neurosurgery
- Department of Endocrinology
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