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Philosophical issues about concepts
Author(s) -
McCaffrey Joseph,
Machery Edouard
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.526
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1939-5086
pISSN - 1939-5078
DOI - 10.1002/wcs.1166
Subject(s) - empiricism , epistemology , psychology , engineering ethics , philosophy , engineering
In this article, we review some important controversies about concepts in the philosophy of psychology, focusing particularly on the theories of concepts developed in philosophy, on the debate about the homogeneity of concepts, on neo‐empiricism, and on concept learning. WIREs Cogn Sci 2012, 3:265–279. doi: 10.1002/wcs.1166 This article is categorized under: Philosophy > Foundations of Cognitive Science