kavramsal

Kavramsal is a Turkish adjective meaning related to concepts; it describes things that pertain to concepts, are abstract, or theoretical rather than concrete or empirical. The term derives from kavram (concept) with the suffix -sal, yielding kavramsal. In academia, kavramsal is used to characterize approaches, analyses or representations that foreground conceptual structures: kavramsal çerçeve (conceptual framework), kavramsal model, kavramsal değişim (conceptual change).

In philosophy and cognitive science, kavramsal reasoning denotes thinking in terms of concepts rather than sensory data. In education and science education research, kavramsal change describes shifts in students' understanding of concepts. In linguistics and semiotics, it can describe abstract representations or meaning structures underlying language. The term can be used attributively or predicatively: bir kavramsal yaklaşım, kavramsal olarak anlaşılır.

Related terms include kavram (concept), kavram haritası (concept map), kavramsallaştırma (conceptualization). The word emphasizes abstraction and theory-building rather than empirical specifics. It is widely used in Turkish academia to discuss theoretical frameworks, conceptual models, or the nature of concepts themselves.