The conceptual mind : new directions in the study of concepts / edited by Eric Margolis and Stephen Laurence.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Margolis, Eric, 1968- editor.

Laurence, Stephen, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Concepts.

Philosophy of mind.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (741 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The study of concepts has advanced dramatically in recent years, with exciting new findings and theoretical developments. Core concepts have been investigated in greater depth and new lines of inquiry have blossomed, with researchers from an ever broader range of disciplines making important contributions. In this volume, leading philosophers and cognitive scientists offer original essays that present the state-of-the-art in the study of concepts. These essays, all commissioned for this book, do not merely present the usual surveys and overviews; rather, they offer the latest work on concepts by a diverse group of theorists as well as discussions of the ideas that should guide research over the next decade. The book is an essential companion volume to the earlier Concepts: Core Readings, the definitive source for classic texts on the nature of concepts. The essays cover concepts as they relate to animal cognition, the brain, evolution, perception, and language, concepts across cultures, concept acquisition and conceptual change, concepts and normativity, concepts in context, and conceptual individuation"--MIT CogNet.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Notational Convention; I Concepts and Animals; 1 Conceptual Learning by Miniature Brains; 2 Convergent Cognitive Evolution across Animal Taxa; 3 The Evolution of Concepts about Agents; II Concepts and the Brain; 4 Missed Connections; 5 Concept Nativism and Neural Plasticity; III Concepts and Evolution; 6 The Evolution of Conceptual Design; 7 How Natural Selection Shapes Conceptual Structure; IV Concepts and Perception; 8 Burge on Perception; 9 Observational Concepts; V Concepts and Language; 10 What's in a Concept?; 11 Where Are the Concepts?

12 The Representation of Events in Language and CognitionVI Concepts across Cultures; 13 Relations; 14 Innate Conceptual Primitives Manifested in the Languages of the World and in Infant Cognition; VII Concept Acquisition and Conceptual Change; 15 Why Theories of Concepts Should Not Ignore the Problem of Acquisition; 16 Conceptual Innovation on the Frontiers of Science; VIII Concepts and Normativity; 17 Does the Infant Possess a Moral Concept?; 18 Normative Concepts; IX Concepts in Context; 19 All Concepts Are Ad Hoc Concepts; 20 By Default; X Concepts and Conceptual Individuation

21 Logical Concepts and Associative Characterizations22 Concepts in a Probabilistic Language of Thought; 23 Concepts in the Semantic Triangle; 24 Grounding Concepts; Color Plates; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-32687-6

OCLC:

910237620