: Samuel D. Taylor
: Concepts and the Appeal to Cognitive Science
: Düsseldorf University Press
: 9783110708165
: Dissertations in Language and Cognition
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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 provided for thinking that an appeal to cognitive science cannot help to decide on the best theory of concepts.

Samuel D. Taylor, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Acknowledgements7
Contents9
List of Figures11
List of Tables13
1 Introduction15
2 Standard View Theories of concept21
3 The Appeal to Cognitive Science55
4 Problem 1: Explanatory Ambiguity81
5 Problem 2: Explananda Ambiguity123
6 Concept as a Working Hypothesis149
7 Why Appeals to Cognitive Science Fail173
8 Appendix177
Bibliography181