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“To what extent do the concepts that we use shape the conclusions that we
reach?”
A concept is an abstract idea, formed from generalization or experience or by the application of
logics and reasoning, to derive a conclusion is to understand and analyze a process and reach
an end result
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The observations and perceptions we form become our mental representations which help us
create our conclusions, explicitly a person’s experiences help him form the concepts and
conclusions he or she follows and these can be influenced or evaluated on the basis of the
individual’s culture and environment
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This relationship further makes them interdependent but it is
arguable acknowledging our past discoveries and influence of our culture
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Since more
than often we as humans want an explanation to everything that happens, we begin to
evaluate and establish a relationship between an occurrence and the reason for its happening
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Therefore
concepts we use shape the conclusions that we reach to a very large extent
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Various colors are used to symbolize different emotions
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While others are used for
negative emotions like black for darkness and depression, blood red for anger
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Moreover,
the style and colors used by the artist is associated with his or her personality
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During his lifetime, Pollock was considered reclusive and volatile, and
he struggled with alcoholism for most of his life, so it is easy to relate his personality to his art
technique
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However, such observations raise the question “Are existing concepts and prior knowledge the
only bases that help us understand a situation and reach a conclusion?”
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For

example, Darwin formed his Theory of evolution, which is one of the most solid theories in
science, without using any existing concept
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He did not apply any prior
knowledge or to his theory , and formed it through his own original experiments
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Another example of concepts shaping conclusions can be seen in the field of politics
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They promise
improvements like cutting taxes and increasing government spending to help the poor
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People see a ray of hope
in these politicians and vote for them expecting great results, and receive none
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Do concepts always have the same conclusions? According to me, the conclusion to some
concepts might change from person to person
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The Ponzi scheme is a
concept to commit investment fraud
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However, sometimes this concept may fall flat
and fail either because the scam artist gets caught or because the public refuses to invest
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Although he had great credibility and was able to convince and appeal to
people his scheme collapsed
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The norms
and beliefs about women in the society have changed drastically
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Women were looked upon as the inferior sex
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Moreover, men are increasingly getting comfortable with the idea of being stay-at-home
fathers
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As the concept of gender roles is changing and evolving,
the attitude of people towards the other sex has started to change too
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The concepts in many areas of knowledge might be the same in various countries but
the conclusion may drastically differ
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For example , A new law in China
called the “Elderly Rights Law” warns children to never neglect or snub elderly people and
makes it mandatory for them to visit their elderly parents often
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In Korea, the

elders are not only respected, but also celebrated
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The concept in all these
nations is undoubtedly the same, with varying results
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While concepts are highly influenced by an individual’s personal knowledge and
experience apart from various other factors, we arrive on conclusions based on what we have
learned, seen, lived and experienced
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From employing concepts that are
universal and reliably tested and reaching conclusions on the basic working of the world to
forming an entirely different conceptual framework that may be true to an individual only
because he thinks it’s true- we arrive at conclusions by the way of concepts
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