A conceptual framework is used in research to outline possible courses of action or to present a preferred approach to a system analysis project. The framework is built from a set of concepts linked to a planned or existing system of methods, behaviors, functions, relationships, and objects. A conceptual framework might, in computing terms, be thought of as a relational model. The Parthenons facade showing an interpretation of golden rectangles in its proportions. ... Art criticism is the study and evaluation of art. ... The Conceptual Framework is a linked set of agencies that assist in the critical analysis of art. ... System analysis is the branch of electrical engineering that characterizes electrical systems and their properties. ... Look up Framework in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In mathematics, a set can be thought of as any collection of distinct objects considered as a whole. ... For other uses, see Concept (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see System (disambiguation). ... Accordingly to IEEE, a method is a process or procedure used in the engineering of a product or performing a service. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... In philosophy, an object is a thing, an entity, or a being. ... The relational model for database management is a database model based on predicate logic and set theory. ...

The idea of a conceptual framework that is separated in some way from the content of the framework was criticized in philosopher Donald Davidson's essay "On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme". A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Donald Davidson (March 6, 1917 – August 30, 2003) was an American philosopher and the Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. ...

Conceptual framework of accounting "seeks to identify the nature, subject, purpose and broad content of general-purpose financial reporting and the qualitative characteristics that financial information should possess". (Deegan, 2005, p.1184)

References

• Botha, M.E. (1989), "Theory Development in Perspective: The Role of Conceptual Frameworks and Models in Theory Development", Journal of Advanced Nursing 14(1), 49–55.

• Deegan, J.C. (2005) Australian Financial Accounting, McGraw Hill Australia Pty Ltd, New South Wales.

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See also

• Conceptual object
• Analogy
• Concept
• Inquiry
• Model
• Ontology
• Paradigm
• Theory
• Theosophy
• Bergson

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