concepts
Ideas in formation
Concepts are mental categories or abstract ideas that organize understanding.
A concept of justice differs from any particular just act—it's the underlying principle.
Scientific concepts like gravity or entropy frame how we interpret phenomena.
To grasp a concept is to understand an abstraction.
Concept also describes preliminary designs: concept art, concept car.
Something in concept exists as an idea but not yet in practice.
Mental formation
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- visionAbility to see
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
- brainstormingGenerating many ideas freely
ideation · innovation · originality · ingenuity · notion · brainchild · insight · breakthrough
Mental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
awareness · cognition · learning · recognition · categorization · abstraction · schema · mental models
Study of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
logic · dialectics · existentialism · phenomenology · realism · idealism · abstraction · universals
Testable proposed explanation
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- paradigmGoverning framework of thought
postulate · theorem · proposition · construct · abstraction · schema · typology · taxonomy
Fundamental truth or standard
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- preceptRule governing behavior
fundamental · cornerstone · basis · foundation · premise · assumption · presupposition · groundwork
idea
Mental formation
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- visionAbility to see
- imaginationFaculty for forming ideas
brainstorming · ideation · innovation · originality · ingenuity · notion · brainchild · insight · breakthrough · eureka
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
perception · awareness · cognition · learning · recognition · categorization · abstraction · schema · mental models · conceptualization
ontology
Study of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
aesthetics · logic · dialectics · existentialism · phenomenology · realism · idealism · abstraction · universals · essence
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- theoryExplanatory set of principles
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- frameworkUnderlying support system
paradigm · postulate · theorem · proposition · construct · abstraction · schema · typology · taxonomy · classification
principle
Fundamental truth or standard
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
precept · fundamental · cornerstone · basis · foundation · premise · assumption · presupposition · groundwork · building blocks
- Ideationbrainstorming, mind mapping, idea generation, ideas, brain dump
- KantKant, categorical imperative, a priori, thing-in-itself, noumena
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- cognitionthinking, reasoning, thought, cognition, remembering
- Book Knowledgefacts, theory, definitions, formulas, principles
- mental conceptsthought, thinking, ideas, memory, imagination
conceptstangibles
Objects with physical existence
particulars · specifics · instances · substances · matter
conceptsfacts
Verifiable pieces of truth
realities · truths · data · evidence · observations
conceptsmisconceptions
Incorrect assumptions held true
fallacies · errors · delusions · misunderstandings · illusions
- proof of conceptDemonstration of feasibility
- concept carsExperimental automobile designs
- open conceptRooms without dividing walls
- concept artPreliminary design illustrations
- concept mapDiagram linking related ideas
- concept albumsAlbums unified by theme
concept, conception, misconception, conceptual, preconception, conceptualize, concept map