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A Thought Experiment for Defining “Concept”
What is the concept? How do we define it? How our consciousness perceive, record, and recall a concept? In this post, I will try to answer these questions.
Yesterday, I went out. I just wanted to go out in the fresh-cold streets of Riga. It is snow everywhere, therefore I decided to walk instead of biking. First, I walk down through Birznieka Upisa Street. When I reach the entrance of the bazaar, I turned right and got inside of it. When I reached Knockout barbershop, I turned left and got out of the bazaar from the parking area. I walked through the Dzirnavu street and reached to Berga bazaar. I walked through the Berga bazaar and got out near a park that I still don’t know the name of. I walked and passed the park and reach the bus stop. I walked through the side street and reach Copy Pro. I passed the street and reach the monument of freedom.
You may be asking me: “Why did you tell me all these now?”. I just defined you the concept of the small trip of mine. This is the main trip concept in my brain. If I would choose another street instead of passing through the bazaars, if I would take another path in the park while I was passing it, if I would start the trip from Lacplesa street, it would be another trip. So, what made this trip the specific concept that I just told you are the destinations I reached and the paths I took. One different…
