Shifting concepts : the philosophy and psychology of conceptual variability / edited by Teresa Marques, Åsa Wikforss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marquès, Teresa, editor.

Wikforss, Åsa, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concepts--Philosophy.

Concepts.

Concepts--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 292 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Philosophy and psychology of conceptual variability

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]

Summary:

This volume brings together leading philosophers and psychologists to present novel accounts of concepts, communication, and conceptual change and variability, with the aim to advance the interdisciplinary debate on the role of concepts in categorizing, reasoning, and social interaction.

Contents:

Introduction: Shifting Concepts, Teresa Marques and Åsa Wikforss

Part 1. How Concepts Shift: Variation Across Individuals, Times, and Contexts : 1. Mapping Thoughts to Words: Cross-Language Differences, Learning, and Communication / Barbara C. Malt

2. How to Make Psychological Generalizations When Concepts Differ: A Case Study of Conceptual Development / Gregory L. Murphy

3. When does communication succeed? The case of general terms / Peter Pagin

4. Investigating Differences in People's Concept Representations / James A. Hampton

5. Color Categories in Context / Yasmina Jraissati

6. The Myth of the Common-Sense Conception of Colour / Zed Adams and Nat Hansen

7. Variation in Natural Kind Concepts / Daniel Cohnitz and Jussi Haukioja

Part 2. To Shift a Concept: Conceptual Revolution, Amelioration, and Perversion : 8. Conceptual Revolution / Joshua Glasgow

9. The Folk Concept of Race / Edouard Machery and Luc Faucher

10. On the Conceptual Mismatch Argument: Descriptions, Disagreement, and Amelioration / Esa D az-Le n

11. Conceptual Fragmentation and the Use of 'Race' in Scientific Theorizing / Robin O. Andreasen

12. How Not to Change the Subject / Sally Haslanger

13. Amelioration vs. Perversion / Teresa Marques.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-184152-8

0-19-252495-X

0-19-252496-8