In philosophical terms, what is there a word used for “to make more concrete”?
I am looking for verb for to make more concrete. I chose practialise but it is not an English term according to Ispell. What is the correct pronunciation? Please come up with verbs of the same meaning.
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The situation where I want to use this is in philosophy. All philosophical ideas really need
to make XYZ issue more practical over long-term but solving the practical problems requires in the first step critical understanding of present state through certain philosophical machinery. I have no doubt that I feel I have something to do that actually makes sense. (Kalism).
I want to eliminate the term practical because it has a bit of a diverted meaning in this context — the goal is to make abstract ideas that help other people, not necessarily physical things but to transform technical issues into practical.
Even the term useful is a bit diverted here. Please help me write a synopsis about a very long philosophical article where the author redefines or moulds the original meaning of practice into reasoning, judging and perception.
Why don’t you use this term? Are some words having different connotations and background that describe the original author’s desire for to make things more practical?
How do I learn scientific terms or precipitate from Chemistry?
What’s the usual direction in any form and why? Abstract, to be theorize, or generalize. You want to move from abstraction to more tangible. I suggest:
- concretize (to make more concrete)
- reify (to make more real)
- realize (similar etymology to’reify’ but less formal. More of an ‘awakening’ in one’s own thoughts)
- specify (to give specifics)
- instantiate (to set some variables)
