The Method of Levels of Abstraction.¶
Floridi, L. (2008). The Method of Levels of Abstraction. Minds and Machines, 18(3), 303-329.
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- Abstraction
- There is the operational purpose — the kind of use (reasoning, communication, design, computation, measurement) that shapes what features are load-bearing and therefore kept.
This sourceFormalizes a level of abstraction as a finite, non-empty set of observables (interpreted typed variables), related to other levels by gradients of abstraction; levels are chosen for a purpose, giving a systematic methodology for comparing and designing abstractions.
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Floridi supports that a level of abstraction fixes scope and limits for a purpose and tames complexity, but not the substitution, reuse or single-object-of-reasoning benefits.
“specifying the LoA means clarifying, from the outset, the range of questions that (a) can be meaningfully asked and (b) are answerable in principle.”
- There is the operational purpose — the kind of use (reasoning, communication, design, computation, measurement) that shapes what features are load-bearing and therefore kept.
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