Furnishing the mind : concepts and their perceptual basis /

Western philosophy has long been divided between empiricists, who argue that human understanding has its basis in experience, and rationalists, who argue that reason is the source of knowledge. A central issue in the debate is the nature of concepts, the internal representations we use to think abou...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Prinz, Jesse J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.
©2002
Series:Bradford book.
Subjects:
Philosophy of mind.
Concepts.
Perception.
Empiricism.
Philosophy.
Philosophy
Concept Formation
Perception
Empiricism
Philosophie de l'esprit.
Empirisme.
Philosophie.
philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
PHILOSOPHY/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Desiderata on a theory of concepts
  • 2. Traditional philosophical accounts
  • 3. Similarity-based accounts
  • 4. Maximal and minimal accounts
  • 5. Empiricism reconsidered
  • 6. Proxytype theory
  • 7. The perceptual basis
  • 8. Overcoming concept nativism
  • 9. Intentional content
  • 10. Cognitive content
  • 11. Combining concepts.

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