IDEA may refer to: #Electronic Directory of the European Institutions #IDEA League #Improvement and Development Agency #Individuals with Disabilities Education Act #Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance #Integrated Data Environments Australia #Intelligent Database Environment for Advanced Applications #IntelliJ IDEA - a Java programming language Integrated Development Environment #Interactive Database for Energy-efficient Architecture #International Data Encryption Algorithm #International Debate Education Association #International Diving Educators Association #International Drama/Theatre and Education Association #Internet Delivery and Applications ''See also: Idea''
An idea (Greek language: ''ιδέα'') is a specific thought or concept that arises in the mind of a person as a result of thinking. The term arises in both popular and philosophical terminology. The colloquialism expression "I have no idea" may be used in any situation where the speaker is ignorance of something. In this general sense the term is synonym with "concept". ==Philosophy== The view that ideas exist in a realm separate or distinct from real life is a venerable theme in philosophy. This view holds that we only "discover" ideas in the same way that we discover the real world. In philosophy, the term “idea” is common to all languages and periods, but there is scarcely any term which has been used with so many different shades of meaning. ===Plato=== *Plato utilized the concept of idea in the realm of metaphysics. He asserted that there is realm of Forms or Ideas, of which things in the world are mere imperfect reflections or instantiations. *From this it follows that these Ideas are the sole reality (see also idealism); in opposition to it are empirical thinkers of various times who find reality in particular physical objects (see hylozoism, empiricism, etc.). ===John Locke=== *In striking contrast to Plato’s use of idea is that of John Locke, who defines “idea” as “whatever is the object of understanding when a man thinks” (''Essay on the Human Understanding'' (I.), vi. 8). Here the term is applied not to the mental process, but to anything whether physical or intellectual which is the object of it. ===David Hume=== *David Hume differs from Locke by limiting “idea” to the more or less vague mental reconstructions of perceptions, the perceptual process being described as an “impression.” ===Wilhelm Wundt=== *Wundt widens the term to include “conscious representation of some object or process of the external world.” In so doing, he includes not only ideas of memory and imagination, but also perceptual processes, whereas other psychologists confine the term to the first two groups. ===G. F. Stout & J. M. Baldwin=== *G. F. Stout & J. M. Baldwin, in the ''Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology'', define “idea“ as “the reproduction with a more or less adequate image, of an object not actually present to the senses.” They point out that an idea and a perception are by various authorities contrasted in various ways. “Difference in degree of intensity,” “comparative absence of bodily movement on the part of the subject,” “comparative dependence on mental activity,” are suggested by psychologists as characteristic of an idea as compared with a perception. It should be observed that an idea, in the narrower and generally accepted sense of a mental reproduction, is frequently composite. That is, as in the example given above of the idea of chair, a great many objects, differing materially in detail, all call a single idea. When a man, for example, has obtained an idea of chairs in general by comparison with which he can say “This is a chair, that is a stool,” he has what is known as an “abstract idea” distinct from the reproduction in his mind of any particular chair (see abstraction). Furthermore a complex idea may not have any corresponding physical object, though its particular constituent elements may severally be the reproductions of actual perceptions. Thus the idea of a centaur is a complex mental picture composed of the ideas of man and horse, that of a mermaid of a woman and a fish. == In anthropology and the social sciences == Diffusion (anthropology) studies explore the spread of ideas from culture to culture. Some anthropological theories hold that all cultures imitate ideas from one or a few original cultures, the Adam of the Bible or several cultural circles that overlap. Evolutionary diffusion theory holds that cultures are influenced by one another, but that similar ideas can be developed in isolation. In mid-20th century, social scientists began to study how and why ideas spread from one person or culture to another. Everett Rogers pioneered diffusion of innovations studies, using research to prove factors in adoption and profiles of adopters of ideas. ==Ideas as property== In some cases the manner in which certain ideas are expressed can be granted law protection by the state as intellectual property. Intellectual property laws generally do not give any protection to the actual idea which forms the basis of the intellectual property. Such laws do not bestow the legal status of property upon ideas per se. Instead, it is the fundamental expression of the idea which is protected by a variety of different intellectual property laws. The relevant law depends on the subject matter, such as copyright in the case of an original literary work, a patent grant in the case of an invention, a registered trademark in the case of a brand name, or registered industrial design rights in the case of the physical appearance of certain objects. Patent law protects a new idea that has a functional manifestation as invention or know-how, copyright law protects the expression of ideas like books, movies, videodiscs, and datastreams, while other laws protect industrial designs and integrated circuit patterns. Those types of law are intended to protect the exploitation of the expression of the ideas of creators and authors for a limited period of time in a form of monopoly. ==Related topics== * The Future of Ideas * Intellectual Property * Public Domain * Diffusion of innovations * Notion (philosophy) ==Further reading== * Peter Watson (2005), ''Ideas: a history from fire to Freud'', Weidenfeld & Nicholson ==Credits== *''From a 1911 encyclopedia'' Cognition
Why talking here about intellectual property, when there is already a dedicated article? Yes. But I would like to talk about the differece between ordinarly property and intellectual property because idea can be exclusive but cannot be non-rivious. Overlapping is not a problem. Every article should has a complete text to describe it thoroughtly. Well, I may be wrong. As always, just correct it in the way you wish User:TakuyaMurata :I believe that the difference between intellectual property and ordinary property should belong to the intellectual property page. :I hope you will allow me a humble suggestion. What I find most interesting in your addition, which might perhaps be developped, is the mention of the commercial use of ideas (which caused a branch of law to consider the intellectual property and related protecting rights), in the sense of using ideas for personal benefit (making money, in most cases). This, of course, could be in contrast (and it might be put into evidence) with a traditional - and some say, instinctive - free sharing, uninterested communication of ideas among humans. Would it be an acceptable idea? :-)) --User:Gianfranco Sorry for really late. I think your suggestion is interesting. But I am not sure I can write a good text like a philosopher (After all, idea is a philosophical term I believe). If I have time and come up with good idea, I will (it seems highly unlikely thought). -- User:TakuyaMurata 02:05 Jan 28, 2003 (UTC) ----- I understand mental picture; but, it is a metaphor that many people would not understand. I can't do better off the top of my head But let's think about it. User:Two16 ----- Taku states that an idea cannot be non-rivalrous. That's exactly backwards, pure ideas ''are'' non-rivalrous. Great quote from Thomas Jefferson: "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me." In any case, while I agree with the sentiment (and am currently obsessed with copyright & intellectual property issues), I beleive that the "Ideas as Property" portion of this article has definitely departed from neutrality. User:Budesigns 03:32, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC) Agreed. User:Flying Hamster 01:15, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC) ---- Thank you budesigns, I wished I was smart enough to write about this topic. Maybe you could add some stuff? I would help with grammar as much as I can if you want. User:Jaberwocky6669 23:41, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC) =) User:Jaberwocky6669 23:41, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC) ---- Although there are some good points in this article, it clearly does not do justice to broad topic of the idea, ''eidos''. Unfortunately, I would not be able to unilaterally go about modifying this in an organized manner. My proposition is that we list subject areas that ideas relate to, as to develop a system of organization for a new, modified article. Philosophy is an obvious subject area that comes to mind, so is psychology. Detailed links could be made to derivitave words such as Ideology, Idealism, etc. It would be my argument that the idea is primarily philisophical, since there is much more written about the nature of the idea in philosophy than in any other social science. Anyway, just tell me what you think. Peace. User:Flying Hamster 01:13, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC) == Analogies == Is it just me or does the statement "There are some who believe that there is a realm in which ideas exist and that we only discover these ideas in much the same way that we discover the Wikiwiki world." depend on a really bad analogy that is also (indirectly) self-referring? If the notion that there is a hidden realm of (finite?) ideas which are gradually discovered by people is what it's trying to demonstrate, then an analogy isn't necessary at all.
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IDEA may refer to: #Electronic Directory of the European Institutions #IDEA League #Improvement and Development Agency #Individuals with Disabilities Education Act #Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance #Integrated Data Environments Australia #Intelligent Database Environment for Advanced Applications #IntelliJ IDEA - a Java programming language Integrated Development Environment #Interactive Database for Energy-efficient Architecture #International Data Encryption Algorithm #International Debate Education Association #International Diving Educators Association #International Drama/Theatre and Education Association #Internet Delivery and Applications ''See also: Idea''
Idea
An idea (Greek language: ''ιδέα'') is a specific thought or concept that arises in the mind of a person as a result of thinking. The term arises in both popular and philosophical terminology. The colloquialism expression "I have no idea" may be used in any situation where the speaker is ignorance of something. In this general sense the term is synonym with "concept". ==Philosophy== The view that ideas exist in a realm separate or distinct from real life is a venerable theme in philosophy. This view holds that we only "discover" ideas in the same way that we discover the real world. In philosophy, the term “idea” is common to all languages and periods, but there is scarcely any term which has been used with so many different shades of meaning. ===Plato=== *Plato utilized the concept of idea in the realm of metaphysics. He asserted that there is realm of Forms or Ideas, of which things in the world are mere imperfect reflections or instantiations. *From this it follows that these Ideas are the sole reality (see also idealism); in opposition to it are empirical thinkers of various times who find reality in particular physical objects (see hylozoism, empiricism, etc.). ===John Locke=== *In striking contrast to Plato’s use of idea is that of John Locke, who defines “idea” as “whatever is the object of understanding when a man thinks” (''Essay on the Human Understanding'' (I.), vi. 8). Here the term is applied not to the mental process, but to anything whether physical or intellectual which is the object of it. ===David Hume=== *David Hume differs from Locke by limiting “idea” to the more or less vague mental reconstructions of perceptions, the perceptual process being described as an “impression.” ===Wilhelm Wundt=== *Wundt widens the term to include “conscious representation of some object or process of the external world.” In so doing, he includes not only ideas of memory and imagination, but also perceptual processes, whereas other psychologists confine the term to the first two groups. ===G. F. Stout & J. M. Baldwin=== *G. F. Stout & J. M. Baldwin, in the ''Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology'', define “idea“ as “the reproduction with a more or less adequate image, of an object not actually present to the senses.” They point out that an idea and a perception are by various authorities contrasted in various ways. “Difference in degree of intensity,” “comparative absence of bodily movement on the part of the subject,” “comparative dependence on mental activity,” are suggested by psychologists as characteristic of an idea as compared with a perception. It should be observed that an idea, in the narrower and generally accepted sense of a mental reproduction, is frequently composite. That is, as in the example given above of the idea of chair, a great many objects, differing materially in detail, all call a single idea. When a man, for example, has obtained an idea of chairs in general by comparison with which he can say “This is a chair, that is a stool,” he has what is known as an “abstract idea” distinct from the reproduction in his mind of any particular chair (see abstraction). Furthermore a complex idea may not have any corresponding physical object, though its particular constituent elements may severally be the reproductions of actual perceptions. Thus the idea of a centaur is a complex mental picture composed of the ideas of man and horse, that of a mermaid of a woman and a fish. == In anthropology and the social sciences == Diffusion (anthropology) studies explore the spread of ideas from culture to culture. Some anthropological theories hold that all cultures imitate ideas from one or a few original cultures, the Adam of the Bible or several cultural circles that overlap. Evolutionary diffusion theory holds that cultures are influenced by one another, but that similar ideas can be developed in isolation. In mid-20th century, social scientists began to study how and why ideas spread from one person or culture to another. Everett Rogers pioneered diffusion of innovations studies, using research to prove factors in adoption and profiles of adopters of ideas. ==Ideas as property== In some cases the manner in which certain ideas are expressed can be granted law protection by the state as intellectual property. Intellectual property laws generally do not give any protection to the actual idea which forms the basis of the intellectual property. Such laws do not bestow the legal status of property upon ideas per se. Instead, it is the fundamental expression of the idea which is protected by a variety of different intellectual property laws. The relevant law depends on the subject matter, such as copyright in the case of an original literary work, a patent grant in the case of an invention, a registered trademark in the case of a brand name, or registered industrial design rights in the case of the physical appearance of certain objects. Patent law protects a new idea that has a functional manifestation as invention or know-how, copyright law protects the expression of ideas like books, movies, videodiscs, and datastreams, while other laws protect industrial designs and integrated circuit patterns. Those types of law are intended to protect the exploitation of the expression of the ideas of creators and authors for a limited period of time in a form of monopoly. ==Related topics== * The Future of Ideas * Intellectual Property * Public Domain * Diffusion of innovations * Notion (philosophy) ==Further reading== * Peter Watson (2005), ''Ideas: a history from fire to Freud'', Weidenfeld & Nicholson ==Credits== *''From a 1911 encyclopedia'' Cognition
Idea
Why talking here about intellectual property, when there is already a dedicated article? Yes. But I would like to talk about the differece between ordinarly property and intellectual property because idea can be exclusive but cannot be non-rivious. Overlapping is not a problem. Every article should has a complete text to describe it thoroughtly. Well, I may be wrong. As always, just correct it in the way you wish User:TakuyaMurata :I believe that the difference between intellectual property and ordinary property should belong to the intellectual property page. :I hope you will allow me a humble suggestion. What I find most interesting in your addition, which might perhaps be developped, is the mention of the commercial use of ideas (which caused a branch of law to consider the intellectual property and related protecting rights), in the sense of using ideas for personal benefit (making money, in most cases). This, of course, could be in contrast (and it might be put into evidence) with a traditional - and some say, instinctive - free sharing, uninterested communication of ideas among humans. Would it be an acceptable idea? :-)) --User:Gianfranco Sorry for really late. I think your suggestion is interesting. But I am not sure I can write a good text like a philosopher (After all, idea is a philosophical term I believe). If I have time and come up with good idea, I will (it seems highly unlikely thought). -- User:TakuyaMurata 02:05 Jan 28, 2003 (UTC) ----- I understand mental picture; but, it is a metaphor that many people would not understand. I can't do better off the top of my head But let's think about it. User:Two16 ----- Taku states that an idea cannot be non-rivalrous. That's exactly backwards, pure ideas ''are'' non-rivalrous. Great quote from Thomas Jefferson: "If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an idea, which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the possession of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it. Its peculiar character, too, is that no one possesses the less, because every other possesses the whole of it. He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me." In any case, while I agree with the sentiment (and am currently obsessed with copyright & intellectual property issues), I beleive that the "Ideas as Property" portion of this article has definitely departed from neutrality. User:Budesigns 03:32, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC) Agreed. User:Flying Hamster 01:15, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC) ---- Thank you budesigns, I wished I was smart enough to write about this topic. Maybe you could add some stuff? I would help with grammar as much as I can if you want. User:Jaberwocky6669 23:41, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC) =) User:Jaberwocky6669 23:41, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC) ---- Although there are some good points in this article, it clearly does not do justice to broad topic of the idea, ''eidos''. Unfortunately, I would not be able to unilaterally go about modifying this in an organized manner. My proposition is that we list subject areas that ideas relate to, as to develop a system of organization for a new, modified article. Philosophy is an obvious subject area that comes to mind, so is psychology. Detailed links could be made to derivitave words such as Ideology, Idealism, etc. It would be my argument that the idea is primarily philisophical, since there is much more written about the nature of the idea in philosophy than in any other social science. Anyway, just tell me what you think. Peace. User:Flying Hamster 01:13, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC) == Analogies == Is it just me or does the statement "There are some who believe that there is a realm in which ideas exist and that we only discover these ideas in much the same way that we discover the Wikiwiki world." depend on a really bad analogy that is also (indirectly) self-referring? If the notion that there is a hidden realm of (finite?) ideas which are gradually discovered by people is what it's trying to demonstrate, then an analogy isn't necessary at all.
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