The phrase "abstract appreciation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a conceptual or theoretical understanding of something, often in the context of art, philosophy, or emotional responses.
Example: "Her abstract appreciation of modern art allowed her to see beyond the physical forms and into the emotions they conveyed."
Alternatives: "conceptual understanding" or "theoretical appreciation".
Not just because we have an abstract appreciation of innovation, but because competition, between companies and ideas, produces better results for the state and its taxpayers.
Hartman's main focus in "Lose Your Mother" is shaking up our abstract, and therefore forgettable, appreciation for a tragedy wrought on countless nameless, faceless Africans.
I had been shocked to discover that a portrait that hung near his easel was of Meyer Schapiro, one of a handful of art historians who had invented the humanist appreciation of abstract art, and, it turned out, Jacob's great-uncle.
Pictures of anonymous façades and found still-life arrangements, a few of which have been eccentrically trimmed and/or collaged, show that he shared an appreciation for Abstract Expressionism with Aaron Siskind and anticipated the assemblages Rauschenberg called "combines" by about twenty years.
Despite the difficulty in measuring abstract constructs such as Appreciation of Differences, the high degree of interrater reliability among researcher observations shows attention to consistency in the rating process.
Its pleasures aren't narrative but visual, and enhanced by an appreciation for the abstract.
Objections have been raised in particular to Kant's view that judgments of beauty are disinterested, and to his supposed commitment to aesthetic formalism (the view that all that matters for aesthetic appreciation is the abstract formal pattern manifested by the object, that is, the way in which its elements are interrelated in space and/or time).
In these cases it would appear that the disinclination to do what is wrong and the inclination to discourage others from doing it are not mediated by an appreciation of the abstract content of the judgment and its bearing on things that we independently find displeasing.
Since its establishment as the most complete account, the framework has been used in a variety of contexts, resulting in a number of refinements, tuning its applicability for specific research purposes such as studies of the evaluative language in research article abstracts, biology experiment reports, wine appreciation and student narrative writing.
