Status:: #in-progress **Tags**:: #definition **Category**:: **Links**:: [[Glossary]] [[New Definition]] --- ## Definition <!-- Enter the definition of the term here, such as a dictionary definition or your own. A term can be anything from a concept, a product or a method --> > A **concept** is defined as an [abstract](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction "Abstraction") [idea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea "Idea"). > > It is understood to be a fundamental building block underlying principles, [thoughts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought "Thought") and [beliefs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belief "Belief").  > > Concepts play an important role in all aspects of [cognition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition "Cognition")  > > As such, concepts are studied within such disciplines as linguistics, psychology, and philosophy, and these disciplines are interested in the logical and psychological structure of concepts, and how they are put together to form thoughts and sentences. > > The study of concepts has served as an important flagship of an emerging interdisciplinary approach, cognitive science. ## Sources <!-- Link any sources related to the term --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept ## Uses <!-- Provide some example uses of the term, or where it may be used --> [[Define difference between concept, mind key, and node]]