Idea: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article title updated for style. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Invalidated site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Descartes Theory of Ideas. | Oct 12, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Descartes Theory of Ideas. | Sep 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cambridge Core - Idea evaluation as a design process: understanding how experts develop ideas and manage fixations. | Apr 05, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - How Ideas Come Into Being: Tracing Intertextual Moments in Grades of Objectification and Publicness. | Oct 03, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - From ideas to studies: how to get ideas and sharpen them into research questions. | Jun 11, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-reference to the Britannica article “Essay Concerning Human Understanding, An.” | Feb 28, 2023 | ||
| New article added. | Sep 14, 2017 |
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