ARCHIVED 2.4.6. Key Points

 

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Here are some key points to remember:

  • Concepts are units of knowledge identifiable by their stable association with a set of semantic features and with one or more designations (terms).
  • Essential semantic features help position concepts in a conceptual system.
  • Essential and delimiting characteristics also help in the definition of concepts such that each concept is distinguished from all other concepts in the same system.
  • Knowledge in a given subject field is structured according to the hierarchical and associative relationships among concepts.