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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816496203321

Autore

Fodor Jerry A

Titolo

Concepts : where cognitive science went wrong / / Jerry A. Fodor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Clarendon Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-159740-6

1-282-05181-4

0-19-151906-5

9786612051814

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Oxford cognitive science series

Disciplina

121/.4

Soggetti

Cognitive science

Concepts

Philosophy of mind

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. [167]-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations and typographical conventions""; ""1 Philosophical Introduction: The Background Theory""; ""2 Unphilosophical Introduction: What Concepts Have To Be""; ""3 The Demise of Definitions, Part I: The Linguist's Tale""; ""4 The Demise of Definitions, Part II: The Philosopher's Tale""; ""5 Prototypes and Compositionality""; ""Appendix 5A: Meaning Postulates""; ""Appendix 5B: The �Theory Theory� of Concepts""; ""6 Innateness and Ontology, Part I: The Standard Argument""; ""Appendix 6A: Similarity""

""7 Innateness and Ontology, Part II: Natural Kind Concepts""""Appendix 7A: Round Squares""; ""Bibliography""; ""Author index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Renowned philosopher Fodor presents an original theory of the basic constituents of thought in this first volume of the Oxford Cognitive Science Series. He argues for an atomistic theory of concepts and demolishes rival theories.