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'''Specialisation''', ([[Social:American and British English spelling differences#-ise.2C -ize .28-isation.2C -ization.29|or]] '''specialization''') is an important way to generate propositional knowledge, by applying general knowledge, such as the theory of gravity, to specific instances, such as "when I release this apple, it will fall to the floor". Specialisation is the opposite of generalisation.

Concept B is a '''specialisation''' of concept A if and only if:
* every instance of concept B is also an instance of concept A; and
* there are instances of concept A which are not instances of concept B.

==See also==
* Generalisation
* [[Subalternation]]
* [[Subset]]
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