The word concept is defined variously by different sources. Philosophers and others generally agree that concepts are formed from experience and other pre-existing mental content by abstraction and other operations in the brain.
John Locke's description of a general idea corresponds to a description of a concept. According to Locke, a general idea is created by abstracting, drawing away, or removing the uncommon characteristic or characteristics from several particular ideas. The remaining common characteristic is that which is similar to all of the different individuals. For example, the abstract general idea or concept that is designated by the word "red" is that characteristic which is common to apples, cherries, and blood. The abstract general idea or concept that is signified by the word "dog" is the collection of those characteristics which are common to Airedales, Collies, and Chihuahuas.[citation needed]
John Stuart Mill argued that general conceptions are formed through abstraction. A general conception is the common element among the many images of members of a class. "...[W]hen we form a set of phenomena into a class, that is, when we compare them with one another to ascertain in what they agree, some general conception is implied in this mental operation" (A System of Logic, Book IV, Ch. II). Mill did not believe that concepts exist in the mind before the act of abstraction. "It is not a law of our intellect, that, in comparing things with each other and taking note of their agreement, we merely recognize as realized in the outward world something that we already had in our minds. The conception originally found its way to us as the result of such a comparison. It was obtained (in metaphysical phrase) by abstraction from individual things" (Ibid.).
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress. Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the independent label Big Machine Records and became the youngest songwriter ever hired by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house. The release of Swift's self-titled debut album in 2006 established her as a country music star. "Our Song", her third single, made her the youngest sole writer and singer of a number one song on the country chart. She received a Best New Artist nomination at the 50th Grammy Awards.
Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in late 2008. Buoyed by the chart success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", Fearless attracted a crossover audience and became the top-selling album of 2009. The record won four Grammy Awards, with Swift becoming the youngest ever Album of the Year winner. Fearless also received Album of the Year plaudits at the American Music Awards, Academy of Country Music Awards and Country Music Association Awards, making it the most awarded album in country music history. In 2010, Swift released her third album, Speak Now, which sold over one million copies in its first week. She then embarked on the 111-date Speak Now World Tour, which was attended by over 1.6 million fans and has become one of the highest-grossing concert tours of all time. The album's third single, "Mean", won two Grammy Awards for Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Swift is currently recording her fourth studio album, due for release in the fall of 2012.
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(Dana Myers)
you return from your trip very tired
you slept as I unpack your suitcase
found a letter
at trust to me but never received
(and the words)
you wrote were filled with such pain
(oh, how you struggle to explain)
why you believe our feelings changed
you never really say
whether it's too late
(p.s.) the unfinished letter
gave me a second chance
(p.s.) the unfinshed letter
put our love back in my hands
(p.s.) the unfinished letter
fate has led me to this letter
so I must face the truth
and somehow make things better
I never wanted pain in our lives
this letter's helped me so much to see
(all of the things I've failed to be)
why was it never sent to me?
baby, if you're not sure
leave it incomplete
(p.s.) the unfinished letter
gave me a second chance
(p.s.) the unfinished letter
put our love back in my hands
(p.s.) the unfinished letter
will bring us back together for love
ooh
(p.s.) the unfinished letter
gave us a second chance at love
(p.s.) this time I'll make it better
'cause I never giving up
no, no, baby
now I understand (p.s.)
why you didn't show me
you weren't too sure about leaving me
why you, baby?
(p.s.) the unfinished letter
will keep you and I together
ooo-oooh, baby, we'll be together
(p.s.) the unfinished letter
(p.s.) ooo-oooh
never complete the letter
(p.s. ooh, ooh)