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Conceptual atomism rethought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2010

Susan Schneider
Susan Schneider
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304. susansdr@gmail.com
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Abstract

Focusing on Machery's claim that concepts play entirely different roles in philosophy and psychology, I explain how one well-known philosophical theory of concepts, Conceptual Atomism (CA), when properly understood, takes into account both kinds of roles.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 2-3 , June 2010 , pp. 224 - 225
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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