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Creations of the mind : theories of artifacts and their representation /

Creations of the Mind presents sixteen original essays by theorists from a wide variety of disciplines who have a shared interest in the nature of artifacts and their implications for the human mind. All the papers are written specially for this volume, and they cover a broad range of topics concern...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Margolis, Eric, 1968-, Laurence, Stephen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Social ontology and the philosophy of society / John R. Searle
  • Artifacts : parts and principles / Richard E. Grandy
  • On the place of artifacts in ontology / Crawford L. Elder
  • Artifacts and human concepts / Amie L. Thomasson
  • Artworks as artifacts / Jerrold Levinson
  • Artifact categorization : the good, the bad, and the ugly / Barbara C. Malt and Steven A. Sloman
  • Seedless grapes : nature and culture / Dan Sperber
  • How to refer to artifacts / Hilary Kornblith
  • Water as an artifact kind / Paul Bloom
  • The organization and representation of conceptual knowledge in the brain : living kinds and artifacts / Bradford Z. Mahon and Alfonso Caramazza
  • The conceptual foundations of animals and artifacts / Jean M. Mandler
  • The essence of artifacts : developing the design stance / Deborah Kelemen and Susan Carey
  • A world apart : how concepts of the constructed world are different in representation and in development / Frank C. Keil, Marissa L. Greif, and Rebekkah S. Kerner
  • Animal artifacts / James L. Gould
  • The evolutionary ancestry of our knowledge of tools : from percepts to concepts / Marc D. Hauser and Laurie R. Santos
  • Creations of pre-modern human minds : stone tool manufacture and use by Homo habilis, heidelbergensis, and neanderthalensis / Steven Mithen.