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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blunden, Andy.

Series:

Studies in Critical Social Sciences 44.

Studies in critical social sciences ; v. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concepts.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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).

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-55108-X

9786613863539

90-04-22848-9

OCLC:

808490569

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004228481 DOI