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Concepts and the Appeal to Cognitive Science / Samuel D. Taylor.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Dissertations in Language and CognitionPublisher: Düsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 180 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110708165
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; No titleOnline resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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
Dissertation note: Diss. Universität Düsseldorf 2019. Summary: 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.
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Diss. Universität Düsseldorf 2019.

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

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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.

Issued also in print.

funded by CRC 991: The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition, and Science

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