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Author:   Edouard Machery (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9780199837564

ISBN 10:   0199837562
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   04 August 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"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"

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Even if one is not convinced by Machery's idea that concepts are not natural kinds, and that'concept' needs to be eliminated from the vocabulary of psychology, Doing without Concepts might still be taken as convincingly showing that in their search for the properties common to most or all concepts, psychologists have been looking in the wrong place. Andre J. Abath, The Psychological Quarterly Vol 62 No 244 July 2011

Even if one is not convinced by Machery's idea that concepts are not natural kinds, and that'concept' needs to be eliminated from the vocabulary of psychology, Doing without Concepts might still be taken as convincingly showing that in their search for the properties common to most or all concepts, psychologists have been looking in the wrong place. * Andre J. Abath, The Psychological Quarterly Vol 62 No 244 July 2011 *

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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 of the Center for Neural Basis of Cognition (Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh).

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