Engineering and Applied Sciences Journal
ISSN: 3067-8005 | DOI: 10.64030/3067-8005
Maryna Tsehelska and Olena Ilienko
Philosophical discourse often treats abstract concepts such as responsibility, resilience, or meaning as products of advanced theoretical reflection. However, less attention has been given to how such concepts emerge from everyday human experience. This paper addresses this gap by examining nominalization—the linguistic process of turning actions into entities—as a cognitive mechanism that enables the transformation of lived experience into philosophical meaning. By analyzing the first of six conceptual maps, this study demonstrates how the "Activity Loop" (action) is distilled into "Human Needs" (concepts). This transition represents the "Realistic Reflection" at the heart of human development: the ability to move from the concrete doing to the philosophical being. The study proposes that philosophical literacy develops through language-mediated abstraction embedded in social and educational practices.