Concepts: Core Readings traces the develoment of one of the most active areas of investigation in cognitive science. This comprehensive volume brings together the essential background readings from philosophy, psychology, and linguistics, while providing a broad sampling of contemporary research. The first part of the book centers around the fall of the Classical Theory of Concepts in the face of attacks by W. V. O. Quine, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Eleanor Rosch, and others, emphasizing the emergence and development of the Prototype Theory and the controversies it spurred. The second part surveys a broad range of contemporary theories--Neoclassical Theories, the Prototype Theory, the Theory-Theory, and Conceptual Atomism.
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"This volume has all the great papers on concepts, with invaluablecommentary by the editors. The profound and fascinating essays in thecollection are indispensable for anyone interested in the human mind." Steven Pinker, Professor and Director, Center for CognitiveNeuroscience, MIT, and author of The Language Instinct and How the Mind Works
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Eric Margolis is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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For linguistics and the philosophy of language to make any headway, the psychological nature of concepts cannot be ignored.In "Core Readings," Margolis and Laurence performed the admirable job of keeping us on this task by assembling writings and criticisms of five theories of concepts: Classical, Prototype, Theory-Theory, Neoclassical, and Conceptual Atomism. What emerges from this assembly is an identification of the core questions that any theory of concepts must address. No serious student of concepts should neglect this important collection.
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New York, Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Psychological Review, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Academic Press, North America, University of Minnesota Press, Jerry Fodor, Asymmetric Dependence Theory, University of Chicago Press, University of California, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Containment Model, Journal of Philosophy, Oxford University Press, Basil Blackwell, Chicago Linguistic Society, Cognitive Models Interpretation, Cornell University Press, Englewood Cliffs, Esther Williams, Inferential Model, Psychological Bulletin New!
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