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Sign in to saveright|thumb|250px|Plato, one of the first philosophers to discuss ideas in detail. Aristotle claims that many of Plato's views were Pythagorean in origin. In philosophy and in common usage, an idea (from the Greek word: ἰδέα (idea), meaning 'a form, or a pattern') is the result of thought. Also in philosophy, ideas can also be mental representational images of some object. 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.
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An idea is the result of thought—a mental image or pattern that represents something—and philosophers have long considered ideas to be fundamental to how we understand reality. The ability to form and comprehend ideas is viewed as a core feature that defines what makes us human.
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- Etymology
- History
- Philosophy
- Plato
- René Descartes
- John Locke
- David Hume
- Immanuel Kant
- Rudolf Steiner
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Charles Sanders Peirce
- G. F. Stout and J. M. Baldwin
- Walter Benjamin
- In anthropology and the social sciences
- Ideas and intellectual property
- Relationship between ideas and patents
- 1474: In Italy, senate of Venice passed the first statute protecting intellectual property.
- “Any person in this city who makes any new and ingenious contrivance, not made heretofore in our dominion, shall, as soon as it is perfected so that it can be used and exercised, give notice of the same to our State Judicial Office, it being forbidden up to 10 years for any other person in any territory of ours to make a contrivance in the form and resemblance thereof”
- Recognized rights of inventors and provided compensation for infringements.
- Set a precedent for IP rights in Europe.
- Relationship between ideas and copyrights
- Relationship of ideas to confidentiality agreements
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
right|thumb|250px|Plato, one of the first philosophers to discuss ideas in detail. Aristotle claims that many of Plato's views were Pythagorean in origin. In philosophy and in common usage, an idea (from the Greek word: ἰδέα (idea), meaning 'a form, or a pattern') is the result of thought. Also in philosophy, ideas can also be mental representational images of some object. 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.
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 an original idea can often lead to innovation. Our actions are based upon beliefs, beliefs are patterns or organized sets of ideas.