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Title New perspectives on concepts / edited by Julia Langkau and Christian Nimtz.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Grazer philosophische Studien ; v. 81
Grazer philosophische Studien ; v. 81.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Christian NIMTZ & Julia LANGKAU: Concepts in Philosophy A Rough Geography; Robert BRANDOM: Conceptual Content and Discursive Practice; Jos Luis BERMDEZ: Two Arguments for the Language-Dependence of Thought; Martine NIDA-RMELIN: Thinking without Language. A Phenomenological Argument for its Possibility and Existence; Hannes RAKOCZY: From Thought to Language to Thought: Towards a Dialectical Picture of the Development of Thinking and Speaking; Anthony KENNY: Concepts, Brains, and Behaviour.
Summary Much recent work on concepts has been inspired by and developed within the bounds of the representational theory of the mind often taken for granted by philosophers of mind, cognitive scientists, and psychologists alike. The contributions to this volume take a more encompassing perspective on the issue of concepts. Rather than modelling details of our representational architecture in line with the dominant paradigm, they explore three traditional issues concerning concepts. Is mastery of a language necessary for thought? Do concepts reduce to abilities? Is the analysis of concepts a viable mea.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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Subject Concepts.
Concepts.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Langkau, Julia.
Nimtz, Christian.
Other Form: Print version: New perspectives on concepts. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2010 9789042030183 (OCoLC)650215666
ISBN 9789042030190 (electronic book)
9042030194 (electronic book)
9789042030183 (Paper)
9042030186 (Paper)
1282662740
9781282662742
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