Complete the Concept

How important is the ability to complete a concept?

Understanding and utilizing concepts seems quite relevant and important regarding the function of intellect, as I further explained in a post from 1 yr ago; Carry the Concept. Since the ability to understand a concept and “carry” it, based on its relevant cause and effect, for use in other areas of life, seems useful, how does this compare to completing a concept? By “completing” a concept, I mean being able to specify factors which would be applicable, relative to the function of the concept. 

A concept is basically a generalized idea. Typically the idea will have an intended function of cause and effect, but 1 or more of the variables involved in causing the effect, are unspecified. Completing a concept is the idea of specifying a factor to fit unspecified variables. In order to determine a factor which is applicable for an open variable within a concept, the intended cause and effect of the concept must be understood. Once the cause and effect are understood, a factor can be specified which effectively causes the designated resulting effect. 

An example of the concept of; completing the concept, would be problem solving. Problem solving has a problem, in the form of an unanswered variable or result to interaction between factors, which needs to be solved, by specifying a factor which causes the correct result, or is the correct result. The correct factor to complete a variable, is determined by understanding how that factor needs to interact with another factor, in order to cause the appropriate result. Or the correct factor to complete the result, is determined by understanding the effect of the interaction of the known factors.

Simple algebra is a basic example; 1+X=4, where X is the variable of the problem or concept, which needs to be specified, in order to cause the intended result of 4. To determine which factor will work effectively as X, to cause that result, the interaction must be understood between X and the other factor of 1. Once the interaction between those factors is understood, the solution (of 3) to the problem, can be completed for the concept. A more practical example of problem solving might be; preventing flooding of a garden. The problem is that the garden floods too much when it rains. The preferred result is a dryer garden, 1 factor involved is the garden, and the variable which should be specified in order to complete the concept, is the flow rate of water coming into the garden. If the concept is understood that the flow rate of water (variable), should be specified to a certain factor, in order to interact with the garden (known factor), to cause the effect of a dryer garden (result), then just like in algebra, that variable can be determined to complete the solution.

Problem solving is basically the epitome of progression and advancement for humanity. Any time something is not resulting in the most preferable way, the concept of the more preferable result, can be completed with a factor, which interacts effectively to produce the preferred result. 

Another example of completing a concept, would be; examples. Determining a specific example to demonstrate a function, is the process of understanding which factors can complete the variables, in order to cause the correct interaction of variables, and the correct result within the context of the concept. As ironic as it seems, an example is a good example of the concept of completing a concept. To specify factors which would produce the concept of “completing the concept”, I needed to understand the interaction of the variables (which would be variables needing to be completed). Since an example is the process of completing variables with factors which portray a concept, that effectively completes the concept of completing the concept. 

As it seems with that example of an example, concepts, as well as potential factors to complete those concepts, can be quite vague. There is a range of specificity for concepts, and that which will meet the requirements of a concept. Problem solving is more on the specific end of the spectrum, while philosophy might be on the more generalized end. If there is a concept with very generalized requirements to cause the result, then the factors to complete the concept can be fairly generalized in themselves. This allows adaptability of potential factors to complete the concept, yet that which will still cause the same result and function. 

Perhaps the concept of completing the concept, is significant enough, that to complete it, would mean completing the capability to complete any more concepts, which happen to fit the category of a concept which requires completion.