Are you looking for something like HWPh[0] (Historical dictionary of philosophy), a 30+ years effort to explain the conceptual history of every philosophical te

Are you looking for something like HWPh[0] (Historical dictionary of philosophy), a 30+ years effort to explain the conceptual history of every philosophical term? There's also a smaller series, like Great Mental Models[1], specifically targeting "abstract concepts" in an approachable manner. Otherwise, mathematics is still the dominant language for expressing abstract concepts. > But there are many words that don't, many symbols that don't, many different words used to describe the same concept, or words that refer to different concepts (depending on context). I can recommend In the Land of Invented Languages[2] for a quick and entertaining introduction to the difficulty of constructing a "universal" language. Also Gödel, Escher, Bach[3] discusses the differences of meaning and interpretation (in formal systems), which might be relevant to your interest. [0]: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historisches_W%C3%B6rterbuch_der_Philosophie https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historisches_W%C3%B6rterbuch_d... [1]: https://fs.blog/tgmm/ https://fs.blog/tgmm/ [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Land_of_Invented_Languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Land_of_Invented_Langua... [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach