conceptualization
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inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally
an elaborated concept
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We are caught up in a paradox, one which might be called the paradox of conceptualization. The proper concepts are needed to formulate a good theory, but we need a good theory to arrive at the proper concepts.
To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.
I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.
Two societies confronting each other with conflicting universes will both develop conceptual machineries designed to maintain their respective universes. From the point of view of intrinsic plausibility the two forms of conceptualization may seem to the outside observer to offer little choice.
I've worked with some great orchestras and amazing classical musicians, but I don't like the conceptualization of classical music as an elitist form of art.
Boehm, p. 59. The conceptualization stages were important for Pei, presenting a need and an opportunity to break from the Bauhaus tradition.