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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782900803321

Autore

Machery Edouard

Titolo

Doing without concepts [[electronic resource] /] / Edouard Machery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-988564-8

0-19-983756-2

1-281-99844-3

9786611998448

0-19-971919-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

150.1

Soggetti

Concepts

Abstraction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 Concepts in Psychology; 2 Concepts in Philosophy; 3 The Heterogeneity Hypothesis; 4 Three Fundamental Kinds of Concepts: Prototypes, Exemplars, Theories; 5 Multi-Process Theories; 6 Categorization and Concept Learning; 7 Induction, Concept Combination, and Neuropsychology; 8 Concept Eliminativism; Conclusion; References; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. Acknowledgments. Permissions. Chapter 1 Concepts in Psychology. 1. ""Concept"" in Psychology. 2. Evidence for the Existence of Concepts. 3. What is a Psychological Theory of Concepts?. 4. Alternative Characterizations of the Notion of Concept. Chapter 2 Concepts in Philosophy. 1. ""Concept"" in Philosophy. 2. Concepts in Philosophy versus Concepts in Psychology. 3. How are the Psychological and the Philosophical Theories of Concepts Connected? Peacocke's Simple Account. 4. How are the Psychological and the Philosophical Theories of Concepts Connected?