Concepts Core Readings

Name: Concepts Core Readings
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ISBN: 9780262631938

ISBN-10: 0262631938

ISBN-13: 9780262631938

Edition: 1999

Authors: Eric Margolis, Stephen Laurence

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Tracing the development of one of the most active areas of investigation in cognitive science, this volume brings together background readings from philosophy, psychology and linguistics, while providing a broad sampling of contemporary research.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 6/21/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 712
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Concepts and Cognitive Science




Origins of the Contemporary Study of Concepts


The Classical Theory



Euthyphro




The Process of Concept Attainment




On the General Character of Semantic Theory



Philosophical Skepticism about the Classical Theory



Two Dogmas of Empiricism




Philosophical Investigations, sections 65-78



The Probabilistic Turn: Stereotypes, Prototypes, Exemplars



Is Semantics Possible?




Principles of Categorization




The Exemplar View



Critical Reactions to the Probabilistic Turn



What Some Concepts Might Not Be




On the Adequacy of Prototype Theory as a Theory of Concepts




Concepts and Stereotypes




Current Theories and Research


Neoclassical Theories



What Is a Concept, That a Person May Grasp It?




Precis of A Study of Concepts




Resisting Primitive Compulsions




Can Possession Conditions Individuate Concepts?



Rethinking Prototypes



Combining Prototypes: A Selective Modification Model




Cognitive Models and Prototype Theory



The Theory-Theory



The Role of Theories in Conceptual Coherence




Knowledge Acquisition: Enrichment or Conceptual Change?



Conceptual Atomism



Against Definitions




Information and Representation




A Common Structure for Concepts of Individuals, Stuffs and Real Kinds: More Mama, More Milk, and More Mouse




How to Acquire a Concept



Concept Possession in Infants and Children



The Object Concept Revisited: New Directions in the Investigation of Infants' Physical Knowledge




Insides and Essences: Early Understandings of the Non-Obvious



Index