A "concept" is a general, abstract idea that the human mind forms about a concrete or abstract object of thought. The term comes from the Latin cum capio: "to grasp together". It is an abstract ...

The aim of the paper is to show that Avicenna's reorganization of the division of the predicables into a system of notions (ma'ānī) resulting in concept formation is the product of his attempt to ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In this paper I shall compare two models of concept formation, both inspired by basic convictions of philosophical empiricism. The first, the ...