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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785529503321

Autore

Blunden Andy

Titolo

Concepts [[electronic resource] ] : a critical approach / / by Andy Blunden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-283-55108-X

9786613863539

90-04-22848-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

Studies in critical social sciences ; ; v. 44

Disciplina

153.2/3

Soggetti

Concepts

Knowledge, Theory of

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- The Psychology of Concepts -- Narratives and Metaphors -- Conceptual Change and Linguistics -- Robert Brandom on Concepts -- Where We Are Now with Concepts -- The Story of the Concept -- Hegel’s Logic -- The Genesis of the Concept -- The Realisation of the Concept -- Hegel’s Psychology -- The Critical Appropriation of Hegel -- Sources of Cultural Psychology -- Concepts in Childhood -- Vygotsky on ‘True Concepts’ -- Concepts and Activity -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Andy Blunden presents a critical review of theories of Concepts in cognitive psychology, analytical philosophy, linguistics, conceptual change theory and other disciplines. The problems in these disciplines has led many to abandon the idea of Concepts altogether, particularly those taking an interactionist approach. Blunden responds with an historical review focussing on the idealist philosophy of Hegel, its reception and transformation in the development of positive science and finally the cultural psychology of Lev Vygotsky. He then proposes an approach to Concepts which draws on Activity Theory. Concepts are equally subjective and objective, units of consciousness and of the cultural formation of which one is a part. This continues the author’s earlier work in An Interdisciplinary Theory of Activity (Brill 2010).