The Plurality of Concepts

Traditionally, theories of concepts in psychology assume that concepts are a single, uniform kind of mental representation. But no single kind of representation can explain all of the empirical data for which concepts are responsible. I argue that the assumption that concepts are uniformly the same...

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Veröffentlicht in:Synthese. - Springer Science + Business Media. - 169(2009), 1, Seite 145-173
1. Verfasser: Weiskopf, Daniel Aaron (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Synthese
Schlagworte:Concepts Representation Pluralism Categorization Psychological kinds History Behavioral sciences Biological sciences Philosophy