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A?concept?is an abstraction or generalization from experience or the result of a transformation of existing concepts. The concept?reifies?all of its actual or potential instances whether these are things in the real world or other?ideas. Concepts are treated in many if not most disciplines both explicitly, such as in?psychology,?philosophy, etc., and implicitly, such as in?mathematics,?physics, etc.



When the mind makes a generalization such as the concept oftree, it extracts similarities from numerous examples; the simplification enables?higher-level thinking.

In?metaphysics, and especially?ontology, a concept is a fundamental?category of existence. In?contemporary philosophy, there are at least three prevailing ways to understand what a concept is:[1][See talk page]

Concepts as?mental representations, where concepts are entities that exist in the brain,Concepts as?abilities, where concepts are abilities peculiar to cognitive agents, andConcepts as?abstract objects, where objects are the constituents of propositions that mediate between thought, language, and referents.

Etymology

Abstract objects

Issues in concept theory

Mental representations

Notable theories on the structure of concepts

Ideasthesia

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