Abstraction

Plato did not solve the problem of the ONE and MANY. Aristotle did so brilliantly. He held that the principles of being are POTENCY and ACT. These two states of being answer the problem of Change as well as that of the One and the Many. Potency and Act divide being in such a way that whatever is, is either pure Act (the ultimate Being, or God), or is composed of potency and act as its primary intrinsic principles (all other beings). For example, Wood has the qualities of wood, hard or soft, from…

requires us to abstract our closest personal interests. Williams, in my opinion, provides a compelling explanation of this abstraction in terms of the indifference resulting from an impartial standpoint: The moral point of view is specially characterized by its impartiality and its indifference to any particular relations to particular persons, and … moral thought requires abstraction from particular circumstances and particular characteristics of the parties, including the agent, except in so…

hypotheses and preconceived notions are proved wrong. Georgiana begins to find hope inside of the laboratory, yet she by the end of the story, she is uncomfortable and dead inside the laboratory. Overall, symbols in stories represent an abstraction or set of abstractions, and Hawthorne cleverly used the laboratory as both a major setting and a symbol for failure and death, despite its possibility to represent hope and…

Pablo Picasso’s work Les Demoiselles d'Avignon presents a very innovative form and technique supporting this idea. This work disrupts conventional modes of representation by rejecting realism and embracing abstraction. The abstraction view introduces two perspectives, no boundary between body and curtain, multiple perspectives of standing and reclining, mask like face, and flatten shapes that defy recognition as body or background. This work is non idealized and a nonrealistic…

43). Modernism was a guiding force that facilitated the production of some visual arts like painting, photography, sculptre, design and multimedia products and discouraged others. When abstraction dominated the scene, regional painting and overtly politicized art became taboo in the early 1950s. The abstraction came to be evinced from car and aeronautical design to the clean lines of International Style architecture; from Charles Eames’s innovative chairs and sofas to experiments in clay and…

In this paper, the author has explained how mathematics can be taught to software engineering students. It is important for software engineering student to know mathematical foundation and techniques to solve problems. Mainly the foundation contained logic and discrete mathematics and techniques that author explained are specification and reasoning. The specification is a process in which informally given concepts are transformed into mathematical model and theory. The reasoning is the process…

was the first time Monet’s work had been shown to the public, which may account for why this landscape is less radical in its abstraction that some of Monet’s other works. The Point de la Heve at low tide does incorporate a certain realism in the atmospheric effect of the heavy rain clouds and the detailed depiction of the headlands, which almost contradicts the abstraction of the dark silhouettes of the breakwaters, and of the beached boats which seem to cut across the painting. Combined with…

As you go through life, you will probably come into contact with special individuals. These individuals may seem different from you. They may be put off by large crowds, or seem awkward when answering a question in front of a group. Actually, these people are similar to you in most respects. They enjoy movies, games, talking with other people, that sort of thing. What sets them apart is what they do when they are alone, when no one is there to watch them. I’m talking about, of course, computer…

O'Keeffe, similarly to Léger, specialized in her own style, an interpretation of abstraction. Before her rise to fame, O’Keeffe had learned the technique of traditional realist painting but began to learn about new styles of art, specifically abstraction. O’Keeffe wanted her art to be a unique language where she could express her feelings and ideas. She was able to make this possible with her abstract artistic vision…

She worked within a style of organic abstraction. O'Keeffe never studied in Europe, but was familiar with European painting due to Stieglitz's 291 Gallery. By looking at her "Music - Pink and Blue, II", one can see that her work is based on nature, but is abstracted until at times it's unrecognizable…