Concept versus Idea
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 4:53 am
Generally an idea is any thought from the brain/mind.
In philosophy, there is the Philosophical Idea which need to be differentiated from a Philosophical Concept.
Philosophical Concept
A philosophical concept is a general idea that must be linked directly or indirectly with an empirical element [real or possible].
A philosophical concept of a tree refers to a tree that is empirical.
A philosophical concept can be abstract and it is related to something empirical.
For example, a speculated human-liked alien living light years away in a planet is conceptual because such a thing is empirically possible subject to available empirical evidence.
Neural Activities Representation
In terms of neural activities representation, a concept is represented and shared by experiences and activities in all the three parts of the brain, i.e. new, middle, and reptillian as above.
Philosophical Idea
A philosophical idea is a general idea that is not linked to anything empirical. Such a philosophical idea is thus a pure thought empty of anything empirical [real or possible].
At the extreme, philosophical ideas are those ideas that are pure thoughts alone and their corresponding object are impossible to be real.
God is an Impossibility
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The most common example is the philosophical idea of God which is purely empty of any real object.
In terms of neural representations, the philosophical idea is represented only by the new cortical brain whilst triggered by impulses from the reptilian and lower brain.
Thus the philosophical idea of God is a thought that is empty of any thing real but merely generated to deal with the terrible psychological impulses from an inherent existential crisis.
The above nuance between a concept [reality grounded] and a philosophical idea [e.g. God] is critical to prevent rhetorical conflation and equivocation by theists due to psychological desperation leading SOME to commit terrible evil and violent acts.
Views?
In philosophy, there is the Philosophical Idea which need to be differentiated from a Philosophical Concept.
Philosophical Concept
A philosophical concept is a general idea that must be linked directly or indirectly with an empirical element [real or possible].
A philosophical concept of a tree refers to a tree that is empirical.
A philosophical concept can be abstract and it is related to something empirical.
For example, a speculated human-liked alien living light years away in a planet is conceptual because such a thing is empirically possible subject to available empirical evidence.
Neural Activities Representation
In terms of neural activities representation, a concept is represented and shared by experiences and activities in all the three parts of the brain, i.e. new, middle, and reptillian as above.
Philosophical Idea
A philosophical idea is a general idea that is not linked to anything empirical. Such a philosophical idea is thus a pure thought empty of anything empirical [real or possible].
At the extreme, philosophical ideas are those ideas that are pure thoughts alone and their corresponding object are impossible to be real.
God is an Impossibility
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=24704
The most common example is the philosophical idea of God which is purely empty of any real object.
In terms of neural representations, the philosophical idea is represented only by the new cortical brain whilst triggered by impulses from the reptilian and lower brain.
Thus the philosophical idea of God is a thought that is empty of any thing real but merely generated to deal with the terrible psychological impulses from an inherent existential crisis.
The above nuance between a concept [reality grounded] and a philosophical idea [e.g. God] is critical to prevent rhetorical conflation and equivocation by theists due to psychological desperation leading SOME to commit terrible evil and violent acts.
Views?
I wouldn’t bet on it if our you.