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In philosophy, ideas are usually construed as mental representational images of some object. Ideas can also be abstract concepts that do not present as mental images.<ref name="Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=book }}</ref> Many philosophers have considered ideas to be a fundamental ontological category of being. The capacity to create and understand the meaning of ideas is considered to be an essential and defining feature of human beings. In a popular sense, an idea arises in a reflexive, spontaneous manner, even without thinking or serious reflection, for example, when we talk about the idea of a person or a place. A new or original idea can often lead to innovation."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Idea sections
Intro Etymology Innate and adventitious ideas Philosophy In anthropology and the social sciences Semantics Relationship of ideas to modern legal time- and scope-limited monopolies See also Notes References Bibliography
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In philosophy, ideas are usually construed as mental representational images of some object. Ideas can also be abstract concepts that do not present as mental images.<ref name="Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=book }}</ref> Many philosophers have considered ideas to be a fundamental ontological category of being. The capacity to create and understand the meaning of ideas is considered to be an essential and defining feature of human beings. In a popular sense, an idea arises in a reflexive, spontaneous manner, even without thinking or serious reflection, for example, when we talk about the idea of a person or a place. A new or original idea can often lead to innovation."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Idea sections
Intro Etymology Innate and adventitious ideas Philosophy In anthropology and the social sciences Semantics Relationship of ideas to modern legal time- and scope-limited monopolies See also Notes References Bibliography
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