"distinct conception" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to refer to a clear or specific idea or understanding of something. Example: "Her distinct conception of beauty led her to create unique works of art."
It does not seem to me that the human mind is capable of forming a very distinct conception of both the distinction between the soul and the body and their union; for to do this it is necessary to conceive them as a single thing and at the same time to conceive them as two things; and this is absurd" (28 June 1643, AT III:693, CSMK 227).
Rather, he had a distinct conception of his book, to which end he tinkered with and adapted his material, at the same time taking pains to check the truth of the stories he had been told.
And in the modern cinema, with the addition of digital technology to the director's toolbox, the power to create a precise and intimate visual correlate of the inner life to go along with a distinct conception of the material world is stronger than ever.
A common objection to the republican idea of freedom is that it fails to pick out an distinct conception at all.
This suggests the debate over distinct conceptions of that concept must both illumine and be illuminated by these deeper metaphysical questions.
In the past the term instinct has stood for a number of distinct conceptions about animal behaviour.
Extending this literature, I elaborate three distinct conceptions of how identity interacts with PD: an affinity for the what (content), the who (facilitation), and the with whom (community).
In Study 1, four measurement models representing distinct conceptions of self-esteem are compared to confirm the a priori structure of the instrument.
Kant distinguishes two ways of studying bodies, "mathematical" and "metaphysical," and claims that they presuppose distinct conceptions of body.
In their differing interpretations of the PSR, and their correspondingly distinct conceptions of freedom and reason, the debate between Leibniz and Clarke hits rock bottom.
These observations point to the existence of two distinct conceptions of plausibility, probabilistic and modal, either of which may reflect the intended conclusion of an analogical argument.
