Doing without concepts / Edouard Machery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machery, Edouard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concepts.

Abstraction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, Edouard Machery argues that the dominant psychological theories of concepts fail to provide a framework and that drastic conceptual changes are required to make sense of the research on concepts in psychology and neuropsychology.

Contents:

Concepts in psychology. "Concept" in psychology ; Evidence for the existence of concepts ; What is a psychological theory of concepts? ; Alternative characterizations of the notion of concept ; Conclusion

Concepts in philosophy. "Concept" in philosophy ; Concepts in philosophy versus concepts in psychology ; How are the psychological and the philosophical theories of concepts connected? Peacocke's simple account ; How are the psychological and the philosophical theories of concepts connected? The foundationalist account ; Conclusion

The heterogeneity hypothesis. The received view ; The heterogeneity hypothesis ; Hybrid theories of concepts ; Conclusion

Three fundamental kinds of concepts: prototypes, exemplars, theories. The classical theory of concepts ; The prototype paradigm of concepts ; The exemplar paradigm of concepts ; The theory paradigm of concepts ; Alternative views of concepts ; Three theoretical entities that have little in common ; Conclusion

Multi-process theories. Multi-process theories ; Examples of multi-process theories ; Conclusion

Categorization and concept learning. Categorization and concept learning ; Studying categorization and concept learning ; Evidence for the existence of prototypes ; Evidence for the existence of exemplars ; Evidence for the existence of theories ; Organization of the categorization processes and of the concept-learning processes ; Conclusion

Induction, concept combination, and neuropsychology. Induction ; Concept combination ; Neuropsychology ; Conclusion

Concept eliminativism. Two inconclusive arguments against the notion of concept ; Natural kinds and scientific eliminativism ; The argument for the elimination of "concept" ; Objections and replies ; Conclusion.

Notes:

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

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ISBN:

0-19-988564-8

0-19-983756-2

1-281-99844-3

9786611998448

0-19-971919-5

OCLC:

437093281