Concepts : where cognitive science went wrong /
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| Author / Creator: | Fodor, Jerry A. |
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| Imprint: | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. |
| Description: | [xii], 174 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford cognitive science series |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3048486 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Philosophical Introduction: The Background Theory
- 2. Unphilosophical Introduction: What Concepts Have To Be
- 3. The Demise of Definitions
- Part I. The Linguist's Tale
- 4. The Demise of Definitions
- Part II. The Philosopher's Tale
- 5. Prototypes and Compositionality. (Appendix 5A: Meaning Postulates. Appendix 5B: The `Theory Theory' of Concepts.)
- 6. Innateness and Ontology
- Part I. The Standard Argument. (Appendix 6A: Similarity.)
- 7. Innateness and Ontology
- Part II. Intentional Laws and Natural Kinds. (Appendix 7A: Round Squares.)
- Bibliography
- Index
