Concepts and the Appeal to Cognitive Science

This book evaluates whether or not we can decide on the best theory of concepts by appealing to the explanatory results of cognitive science. It undertakes an in-depth analysis of different theories of concepts and of the explanations formulated in cognitive science. As a result, two reasons are pro...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2021
Series:Dissertations in Language and Cognition
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