The Importance of Conceptual？z？ng in the Construct？on of Thought: Philosophical Analysis of Paul Tillich's Basic Concepts

While every thought is constructed in the meaning world of the mind to which it belongs, it also have both existence / phenomena in the field of mind and language. Thought, which goes through all of this existence, means conceptualized. The conceptualization word used in the form of "conception" in Western languages derives from the word "conceptio" which means the concept in Latin. It is impossible to build a new mind without concepts. Concepts are indispensable elements of thinking. Without them, the act of thinking neither can be mobilized nor the subject of thinking can be grasped. Concepts are the basic intellectual elements that bear the unique qualities of the mind, civilization and language they are emdedded, and distinguish them from others Minds, tongues, civilizations that can not produce concepts are destined to disappear in the process because they can not have thought. This paper aims to reveal the importance of Paul Tillich's philosophical significance in terms of constructing the conceptualization by analyzing the concepts he has built upon his ideas