Word Analysis

CONCEPT

  • A plan or intention:

“The centre has kept firmly to its original concept”

  • An idea or invention to help sell or sell or publicize a commodity:

“a new concept in corporate hospitality”

  • {of a car or other vehicle} produced as an experimental model to test the viability of innovative design features:

“a concept car for next month’s Geneva motor show”

Concept basically is an idea to some distinct entity.

Example: Beauty, Shelter

Beauty is a concept and it varies from person to person. It is said that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. There are African tribes where men with big bellies are considered handsome. There are others societies which sees long necked ladies as signs of beauty. Slim girls are preferred by somebody while heavy ones symbol of perfection for another.

Example: Beauty, Shelter

Shelter- shelter is a structure or construction or natural means (caves ,Big trees) for protection from bad weather and wild animals.

Changes in concepts over time

Time spares no one. All the concepts over time keep changing. A cave was a concept of shelter in the initial stages of development when humans decided to settle. But now, in this 21st century, it is something beyond that. Shelter means a big building with temperature regulators, swimming pools, gymnasiums, and so on. The basic functions of a shelter being protection from nature, weather, and dangers from other animals should never change when these extravagances certainly add up to its ambiance. However, if anyone is given a chance to live in a cave without electricity, it’s really going to be hard now.

Many changes are appreciated (Abolishing Slavery) and others rejected (especially in science). Some keep transforming with modernization and development of science (like Shelter, conveyance). Some fade off when new one develops (communication). Some concepts accept all different ideas (Beauty). Some hold their reputation even after new contrary ideas set in (Philosophy).

Merits:

With experience, usage and over time concepts may be evaluated as good, right, true, bad or wrong

Concept Health

Health is also a concept. But here it’s really a serious one . You just can’t deal with it vaguely. It can’t be good, it can’t be bad, true, right, or wrong. It should be solid, the real one. It’s not something that keeps on changing with time, new knowledge, or succumb to money or power. If it does then I must say that we are dealing with a wrong idea or concept of health. In reality the concept of health is ever changing. In fact we are in midst of a lot of different health concepts today which again confirms that we have not yet found real health.

(HEALTH CONCEPTS)