This is the academic discipline which is the intellectual concept of both theories and methods.
Thus, evil is more of an intellectual concept than a true reality.
And I suppose you do- as an intellectual concept.
Spock denied understanding either one except as an intellectual concept.
A more serious level is exchanging facts, ideas and opinions, intellectual concepts or even discussing doctrine.
We also know how deeply a person is committed to certain intellectual concepts.
Sexual relations are the physical and emotional expression of the intellectual concept that competitiveness has no place in marriage.
And I'm talking about it as an intellectual concept or as a policy that people adhere to: shared sacrifice.
It is an intellectual concept that does not engage the heart.
In his years as a trader, he clearly had at least an intellectual concept of the dangers.