Concepts and the Appeal to Cognitive Science

• מחבר ראשי: Taylor, Samuel D. (auth)
• פורמט: אלקטרוני Book Chapter
• שפה: אנגלית
• יצא לאור: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021
• סדרה: Dissertations in Language and Cognition
• נושאים: linguistics; Philosophy of language; Concepts; Cognitive Science; Cognitive Scientific Explanations; Mental Representations
• גישה מקוונת: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book evaluates whether or not we can decide on the best theory of concepts by appealing to the explanatory results of cognitive science. It undertakes an in-depth analysis of different theories of concepts and of the explanations formulated in cognitive science. As a result, two reasons are pro...