conceptualisations
Ideas taking shape
Conceptualisations are ways of mentally forming or representing ideas.
The term appears in academic and theoretical contexts where thinkers propose different frameworks for understanding the same phenomenon: Competing conceptualisations of democracy have shaped political debate.
The British spelling; Americans write conceptualizations.
Of the mind
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- cognitiveRelating to thinking
schema · framework · mindset · thought · comprehension · insight · awareness · interpretation
Foundational organizational systems
- paradigmsAccepted models of thought
- modelsScaled representations or fashion workers
- hypothesesProposed explanations to test
- postulatesAssumed starting principles
principles · theorems · constructs · propositions · schemas · archetypes · abstractions · generalizations
Study of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
empiricism · rationalism · dualism · monism · positivism · idealism · realism · nominalism
Frameworks for understanding existence
- belief systemsCoherent sets of convictions
- cosmologiesTheories of universal structure
- mythologiesBodies of traditional narratives
- narrativesAccounts of events
traditions · ideologies · value systems · indigenous knowledge · social constructs · ethos · zeitgeist
mental
Of the mind
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
cognitive · schema · framework · mindset · thought · comprehension · insight · awareness · interpretation · analysis
frameworks
Foundational organizational systems
- paradigmsAccepted models of thought
- modelsScaled representations or fashion workers
- hypothesesProposed explanations to test
postulates · principles · theorems · constructs · propositions · schemas · archetypes · abstractions · generalizations · typologies
ontology
Study of existence's nature
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
existentialism · empiricism · rationalism · dualism · monism · positivism · idealism · realism · nominalism · constructivism
worldviews
Frameworks for understanding existence
- belief systemsCoherent sets of convictions
- cosmologiesTheories of universal structure
- mythologiesBodies of traditional narratives
narratives · traditions · ideologies · value systems · indigenous knowledge · social constructs · ethos · zeitgeist
conceptualisationssensory experiences
Stimuli detected by senses
sensations · lived experience · raw data · intuitions · gut feelings
conceptualisationsraw data
Unanalyzed collected information