Shifting concepts : the philosophy and psychology of conceptual variability /
Concepts stand at the centre of human cognition. We use concepts in categorizing objects and events in the world, in reasoning and action, and in social interaction. It is therefore not surprising that the study of concepts constitutes a central area of research in philosophy and psychology, yet onl...
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Shifting Concepts, Teresa Marques and Åsa Wikforss
- Part 1. How Concepts Shift: Variation Across Individuals, Times, and Contexts : 1. Mapping Thoughts to Words: Cross-Language Differences, Learning, and Communication / Barbara C. Malt
- 2. How to Make Psychological Generalizations When Concepts Differ: A Case Study of Conceptual Development / Gregory L. Murphy
- 3. When does communication succeed? The case of general terms / Peter Pagin
- 4. Investigating Differences in People's Concept Representations / James A. Hampton
- 5. Color Categories in Context / Yasmina Jraissati
- 6. The Myth of the Common-Sense Conception of Colour / Zed Adams and Nat Hansen
- 7. Variation in Natural Kind Concepts / Daniel Cohnitz and Jussi Haukioja
- Part 2. To Shift a Concept: Conceptual Revolution, Amelioration, and Perversion : 8. Conceptual Revolution / Joshua Glasgow
- 9. The Folk Concept of Race / Edouard Machery and Luc Faucher
- 10. On the Conceptual Mismatch Argument: Descriptions, Disagreement, and Amelioration / Esa D az-Le n
- 11. Conceptual Fragmentation and the Use of 'Race' in Scientific Theorizing / Robin O. Andreasen
- 12. How Not to Change the Subject / Sally Haslanger
- 13. Amelioration vs. Perversion / Teresa Marques.