ABSTRACT

Fortunately we are not constricted to high order maps or low order maps. We can use the level of detail that suits our purpose-and we should.

This brings us to a question that must have already formed itself in your mind. Is it “better” to look at things specifically, close up, as they are in the external world of reality, or is it “better” to see the broad outlines of classes and categories in their entirety. We know that the close-up view shows more detail, and we know that the broad panorama covers a greater scope, but in the first case, we lose perspective; in the second, we lose detail.