Doing Without Concepts
Author | : Edouard Machery |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2009-02-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195306880 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195306880 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Download or read book Doing Without Concepts written by Edouard Machery and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.