What is a concept

[JustChari]

I know this question has been asked and answered before but it has asked since 2021 so I just want to confirm it again.

 

[ActuallySpaceMan42]

This is my understanding, I may be wrong though.

It's the same if you see a Charizard or a Blastoise; both are very different creatures, yet they are also both Pokemon. When you hear the word Pokemon, it acts as a sort of category, and you imagine a bunch of different creatures linked to the world of Pokemon. That's what a concept is.

Another example is the fact that there are a bunch of different types of tables, but you don't need me to describe them for you to understand their purpose or what they're for. You already understand that whether it is made of wood or glass, it's still a table, and you have a mental image of what that means in your head.

When you get into power scaling, you might hear about beings destroying concepts, or manipulating concepts. These concepts are just like the ones I described to you, but instead of being limited to your mind, they affect reality.

In this scenario, all stars in reality would be linked to the concept of a star, and destroying the concept of a star would also get rid of stars that exist in sed reality, regardless of their type (Red Dwarf, White Dwarf, etc)

At the same time, if I destroyed the concept of a celestial body, all celestial bodies, including stars, would disappear.

The difference between a Type 1 and Type 2 concept is that in this scenario, if all stars were destroyed, would the concept of a star still exist? Type 2 is if the concept needs a version of itself to exist somewhere in reality in order to exist itself, while Type 1 is perfectly fine either way.

 

[JustChari]

This is my understanding, I may be wrong though.

It's the same if you see a Charizard or a Blastoise; both are very different creatures, yet they are also both Pokemon. When you hear the word Pokemon, it acts as a sort of category, and you imagine a bunch of different creatures linked to the world of Pokemon. That's what a concept is.

Another example is the fact that there are a bunch of different types of tables, but you don't need me to describe them for you to understand their purpose or what they're for. You already understand that whether it is made of wood or glass, it's still a table, and you have a mental image of what that means in your head.

When you get into power scaling, you might hear about beings destroying concepts, or manipulating concepts. These concepts are just like the ones I described to you, but instead of being limited to your mind, they affect reality.

In this scenario, all stars in reality would be linked to the concept of a star, and destroying the concept of a star would also get rid of stars that exist in sed reality, regardless of their type (Red Dwarf, White Dwarf, etc)

At the same time, if I destroyed the concept of a celestial body, all celestial bodies, including stars, would disappear.

The difference between a Type 1 and Type 2 concept is that in this scenario, if all stars were destroyed, would the concept of a star still exist? Type 2 is if the concept needs a version of itself to exist somewhere in reality in order to exist itself, while Type 1 is perfectly fine either way.

Thanks