Concepts and the Appeal to Cognitive Science /
Taylor, Samuel D.,
Concepts and the Appeal to Cognitive Science / Samuel D. Taylor. - Düsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2021] ©2021 - 1 online resource (XIII, 180 p.) - Dissertations in Language and Cognition .
Diss.
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Standard View Theories of concept -- 3 The Appeal to Cognitive Science -- 4 Problem 1: Explanatory Ambiguity -- 5 Problem 2: Explananda Ambiguity -- 6 Concept as a Working Hypothesis -- 7 Why Appeals to Cognitive Science Fail -- 8 Appendix -- Bibliography
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 provided for thinking that an appeal to cognitive science cannot help to decide on the best theory of concepts.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9783110708165
Kognitionswissenschaft.
Kognitive wissenschaftliche Erklärungen.
Konzepte.
Mentale Repräsentationen.
Kognition
Wissenschaft
Kognitive Psychologie
Kognitive Kompetenz
Repräsentation
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Cognitive Science. Cognitive Scientific Explanations. Concepts. Mental Representations.
Concepts and the Appeal to Cognitive Science / Samuel D. Taylor. - Düsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2021] ©2021 - 1 online resource (XIII, 180 p.) - Dissertations in Language and Cognition .
Diss.
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Standard View Theories of concept -- 3 The Appeal to Cognitive Science -- 4 Problem 1: Explanatory Ambiguity -- 5 Problem 2: Explananda Ambiguity -- 6 Concept as a Working Hypothesis -- 7 Why Appeals to Cognitive Science Fail -- 8 Appendix -- Bibliography
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 provided for thinking that an appeal to cognitive science cannot help to decide on the best theory of concepts.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9783110708165
Kognitionswissenschaft.
Kognitive wissenschaftliche Erklärungen.
Konzepte.
Mentale Repräsentationen.
Kognition
Wissenschaft
Kognitive Psychologie
Kognitive Kompetenz
Repräsentation
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Cognitive Science. Cognitive Scientific Explanations. Concepts. Mental Representations.