The Interplay Between Consciousness and Concepts
, by Gennaro, Rocco J.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781845400873 | 1845400879
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/1/2007
Questions on the nature of concepts in philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science, such as ?What are concepts?? and ?What is it to possess a concept?? are notoriously difficult to answer. For example, are concepts abstract mind-independent objects in some Platonic or Fregean sense, or are they better understood as mental representations, such as constituents of thoughts? A common view in cognitive science is that thought is based on word-like mental representations; some say that possessing a concept C involves demonstrating some kind of ability with respect to C?s. But which ability? Other longstanding issues concern a proper theory of the structure of concepts. These questions are tackled here by Simon Baron-Cohen, Peter Carruthers, and a distinguished cast of other scientists and philosophers