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Informationen zum Autor Edouard Machery, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh as well as a resident fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science (University of Pittsburgh) and a member fo the Center for neural Bassi of Cognition (Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh). Klappentext In Doing without Concepts, Edouard Machery argues that the dominant psychological theories of concept fail to provide a coherent framework to organize our extensive empirical knowledge about concepts. Machery proposes that to develop such a framework, drastic conceptual changes are required. Zusammenfassung In Doing without Concepts, Edouard Machery argues that the dominant psychological theories of concept fail to provide a coherent framework to organize our extensive empirical knowledge about concepts. Machery proposes that to develop such a framework, drastic conceptual changes are required. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Permissions Chapter 1 Concepts in Psychology 1: "Concept" in Psychology 2: Evidence for the Existence of Concepts 3: What is a Psychological Theory of Concepts? 4: Alternative Characterizations of the Notion of Concept Chapter 2 Concepts in Philosophy 1: "Concept" in Philosophy 2: Concepts in Philosophy versus Concepts in Psychology 3: How are the Psychological and the Philosophical Theories of Concepts Connected? Peacocke's Simple Account 4: How are the Psychological and the Philosophical Theories of Concepts Connected? The Foundationalist Account Chapter 3 The Heterogeneity Hypothesis 1: The Received View 2: The Heterogeneity Hypothesis 3: Hybrid Theories of Concepts Chapter 4 Three Fundamental Kinds of Concepts: Prototypes, Exemplars, Theories 1: The Classical Theory of concepts 2: The Prototype Paradigm of Concepts 3: The Exemplar Paradigm of Concepts 4: The Theory Paradigm of Concepts 5: Alternative Views of Concepts 6: Three Theoretical Entities that Have Little in Common Chapter 5 Multi-Process Theories 1: Multi-Process Theories 2: Examples of Multi-Process Theories Chapter 6 Categorization and Concept Learning 1: Categorization and Concept Learning 2: Studying Categorization and Concept Learning 3: Evidence for the Existence of Prototypes 4: Evidence for the Existence of Exemplars 5: Evidence for the Existence of Theories 6: Organization of the Categorization Processes and of the Concept Learning Processes Chapter 7 Induction, Concept Combination, Neuropsychology: 1: Induction 2: Concept Combination 3: Neuropsychology Chapter 8 Concept Eliminativism 1: Two Inconclusive Arguments against the Notion of Concept 2: Natural Kinds and Scientific Eliminativism 3: The Argument for the Elimination of "Concept" 4: Objections and Replies Conclusion References Index of Names Index of Subjects ...
