Analyzing Quote by Patricia Churchland

“That which we never question is the concept itself. But what is a concept? Is it necessary to put the idea of a concept…

— Dejan Stojanovic

“... we can define concept as a logical, mental construction of one or more relationships. [...] It is purely mental, is logical, and can…

— Don E. Ethridge

Understanding any concept or subject only means bringing, implementing and showing change either in self or others, wherever and whenever required, but the pervasive…

— Anuj Somany

The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight

— Moses Mendelssohn

In general, we mean by any concept nothing more than a set of operations; the concept is synonymous with the corresponding set of operations.

— Percy Williams Bridgman

the full analysis of the notions of saying something and understanding what one said inevitably involves a concept which, as I will show in…

— Zeno Vendler

We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are…

— Abdolkarim Soroush

Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories…

— Marvin Harris

A definition may be very exact, and yet go but a very little way towards informing us of the nature of the thing defined.

— Edmund Burke

In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is…

— Hans Kramers

“If a concept or principle finds its place in an explanatory theory, it cannot be excluded on methodological grounds.”

— Noam Chomsky

In the first stage of insight-building, all that researchers can do is observe phenomena. Second, they classify the phenomena in a way that helps…

— Clayton Christensen