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<p>A <b>generalization</b> is a form of <a href="page.php?w=abstraction">abstraction</a> whereby common properties of specific instances are formulated as general concepts or claims. Generalizations posit the existence of a domain or <a href="page.php?w=set_theory">set</a> of elements, as well as one or more common characteristics shared by those elements (thus creating a <a href="page.php?w=conceptual_model">conceptual model</a>). As such, they are the essential basis of all valid <a href="page.php?w=deductive">deductive</a> inferences (particularly</p><p>
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