The concept that concerns us has two uses at the request of our language.
Extension of something
The generalization will involve the spread or spread of something, either something positive, or failing that, something negative.
In other words, the generalization of knowledge, such as computing, has had a highly positive impact, since people manage to stay permanently informed and communicated, while the generalization of a disease will imply a highly negative scenario in the society or community in which develops.
Conclusion to be drawn from something particular
And on the other hand the concept is used to designate the general conclusion that can be drawn from something particular.
Generalization is a process from which a universal conclusion is established from a particular type of observation.
This is normally based on the fact that a logical step between the particular or the general is impossible, while its use is restricted to science.
It is usually used to generate hypotheses, bearing in mind, of course, that it is a conjecture, a partial question and that it must go through experimentation in order to be verified.
When generalization is used at the behest of discourse, care should be taken because it is common to fall into inconsistencies, that is, into generalizations that do not correspond and that end up leading to strong controversies, which can affect an important part of the people, in particular. especially when it comes to sensitive issues for society.
People are constantly making subjective analyzes of what happens to them, of the events that they observe in their environment, and in the world, because in order to make decisions it is essential to first know what is happening around us and in the world.
Problems with generalization
Meanwhile, when it is generalized, we will not always obtain a model of concrete reality that is true and, for example, this lack of transition between the particular and the general observation can lead to an incorrect model.
Generalization is a modality that political leaders and governors usually use when it is necessary to hide some situation or state of affairs that is unfavorable for them, of course, and then what they do is build a partial, general reality, in an absolutely premeditated way, with the mission to manipulate some question that puts them in an uncomfortable or controversial place.
Application in Logic and Statistics
Generalization is a fundamental element within Logic (the branch of Philosophy concerned with studying the principles of valid proof and inference) and also at the behest of human reasoning.
All valid deductive inference will have as a mandatory basis the generalization. In any case, generalization is a concept that can be applied in different disciplines.
When we generalize, we attribute to a group of things that belong to the same genus something that we already know about some of its individuals, we abstract from particular details or from the typical exceptions of the case. For example, in general, we still have good weather during the fall. We refer to the common, the usual and what occurs most frequently.
We generalize through induction, that is, adding particular experiences, sometimes unconsciously and sometimes deliberately.
For example, we have two concepts: A and B, A will be a generalization of B only if each instance of concept B is also an instance of concept A and if there are instances of concept A that are not instances of concept B. For example: Ser Human is a generalization of woman because every woman is a human being, although there are human beings who are not women, men, without going any further.
On the other hand, statistics usually make use of generalization when an analysis of a specific topic that concerns a community is carried out and the results obtained from it are transferred to a larger society.
Although it may be consistent information, it is very likely that there is a margin of error and this must be taken into account.
