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Record Nr.

UNISA996492070103316

Autore

Taylor Samuel D.

Titolo

Concepts and the appeal to cognitive science / / Samuel D. Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : Düsseldorf University Press, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-11-070816-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 180 p.)

Collana

Dissertations in Language and Cognition

Disciplina

153

Soggetti

Cognitive science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Standard View Theories of concept -- 3 The Appeal to Cognitive Science -- 4 Problem 1: Explanatory Ambiguity -- 5 Problem 2: Explananda Ambiguity -- 6 Concept as a Working Hypothesis -- 7 Why Appeals to Cognitive Science Fail -- 8 Appendix -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

This book evaluates whether or not we can decide on the best theory of concepts by appealing to the explanatory results of cognitive science. It undertakes an in-depth analysis of different theories of concepts and of the explanations formulated in cognitive science. As a result, two reasons are provided for thinking that an appeal to cognitive science cannot help to decide on the best theory of concepts.