2 Some context-related properties a bridging model might need to include

2.3 knowledge can be generalised from specific contexts (to more general ones)

One can separate learning facts in specific contexts from the process of generalising these to more general contexts. For this to happen there must presumably be some commonality between the facts which may also reflect some commonality between the different contexts. In any case it is clear that there is some mechanism for generalising knowledge from specific contexts to wider ones.

For example, if you know that you are nervous about public speaking and you find (to your surprise) that your friend is also nervous, you might well conclude that many people are similarly nervous.

A Simple-Minded Network Model with Context-like Objects - Bruce Edmonds - 13 FEB 97

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