'''Hypostatic abstraction''' is a formal operation that takes an element of information, as expressed in a proposition <math>X ~\operatorname{is}~ Y,</math> and conceives its information to consist in the relation between that subject and another subject, as expressed in the proposition <math>X ~\operatorname{has}~ Y\!\operatorname{-ness}.</math> The existence of the abstract subject <math>Y\!\operatorname{-ness}</math> consists solely in the truth of those propositions that contain the concrete predicate <math>Y.\!</math> Hypostatic abstraction is known under many names, for example, ''hypostasis'', ''objectification'', ''reification'', and ''subjectal abstraction''. The object of discussion or thought thus introduced is termed a ''[[hypostatic object]]''. | '''Hypostatic abstraction''' is a formal operation that takes an element of information, as expressed in a proposition <math>X ~\operatorname{is}~ Y,</math> and conceives its information to consist in the relation between that subject and another subject, as expressed in the proposition <math>X ~\operatorname{has}~ Y\!\operatorname{-ness}.</math> The existence of the abstract subject <math>Y\!\operatorname{-ness}</math> consists solely in the truth of those propositions that contain the concrete predicate <math>Y.\!</math> Hypostatic abstraction is known under many names, for example, ''hypostasis'', ''objectification'', ''reification'', and ''subjectal abstraction''. The object of discussion or thought thus introduced is termed a ''[[hypostatic object]]''. |