idea

Also known as ideas

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.

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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
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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.