concept means definition, conception or Description. And the formulating an idea through words or visual aids.
The term "concept" originates from the Latin “conceptus” (from the verb concipere) which means "conceived thing" or "formed in the mind".
The concept can be an idea, judgment or opinion about something or something. Example:"The discussion started because we have very different concepts of open relationships".
The concept is what is conceived in thinking about something or someone. It is the way of thinking about something, consisting of a type of appreciation through an opinion manifested, for example, when you form a good or bad concept of someone. In this case, concept can be synonymous with reputation.
It can also be interpreted as a mental symbol, an abstract notion contained in each word of a language that corresponds. to a set of characteristics common to a class of beings, objects or abstract entities, determining how things they are.
The concept expresses the qualities of a thing or an object, determining what it is and its meaning.
Words in several languages have the same meaning because they express the same concept.
For example, the concept of cat can be expressed as cat in English, chat in French, cat in Spanish, cat in Italian, Katze in German, etc.
In Philosophy, it consists of a mental and linguistic representation of a concrete or abstract object, meaning to the mind the object itself in the process of identifying, classifying and describing it.
When contemplated as essence, a concept defines the nature of an entity. For Aristotle, the concept was compared to eidos and according to Aristotelian logic, a concept is the most basic form of thought (along with judgment and reasoning), being the abstract intellectual representation of an object.
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