Journal article
Splitting Concepts
Abstract
A common presupposition in the concepts literature is that concepts constitute a singular natural kind. If, on the contrary, concepts split into more than one kind, this literature needs to be recast in terms of other kinds of mental representation. We offer two new arguments that concepts, in fact, divide into different kinds: ( a ) concepts split because different kinds of mental representation, processed independently, must be posited to …
Authors
Piccinini G; Scott S
Journal
Philosophy of Science, Vol. 73, No. 4, pp. 390–409
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
October 2006
DOI
10.1086/516806
ISSN
0031-8248