Questions tagged [concept]
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Can concepts exist without animals or human beings?
Can concepts exist if humans or animals don't exist at all? Can't other things that have no mind make abstraction or concepts?
For example, I think abstract things such as redness (quality) and brightness (state) are all concepts.
And of course…
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What's a simple term for "constructing the best instance of a concept in a situation"?
I'm looking for a simple term or phrase (friendly for laypeople) for the following idea about concepts.
Suppose you have a goal to hammer a nail into a piece of wood. In this instant, you have a concept of "hammer" that fits your goal. The world is…
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The difference between innatism and empiricism
I've read on many websites (including Wikipedia) that empiricism is the opposite of innatism. Could someone explain me why?
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Is there a name for "inaccessible" concepts
My question refers to three kinds of "inaccessible" concepts:
Those "humanly inaccessible" in the sense that we cannot conceive them as humans but that could be thought about with a proper brain structure (or with something other than a brain that…
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It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them
It is often easier to fight for principles than to live up to them. [Adlai Stevenson, speech, New York City, Aug. 27, 1952]
I read this sentence from principle | Origin and meaning of principle by Online Etymology Dictionary
I understand it…
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