| Conceptual Role Semantics, the Theory Theory, and Conceptual Change |
| Ingo Brigandt |
| Presented at the First Joint Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology and the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (July 2004, Barcelona, Spain) |
| Area 1 Philosophy of Mind |
| Area 2 Philosophy of Science |
| Keywords concepts conceptual role semantics psychology |
| http://www.ualberta.ca/~brigandt/SPP_ESPP.pdf |
| http://cogprints.org/3576/01/SPP_ESPP_Brigandt.pdf |
| The purpose of the paper is twofold. I first outline a philosophical theory of concepts based on conceptual role semantics. This approach is explicitly intended as a framework for the study and explanation of conceptual change in science. Then I point to the close similarities between this philosophical framework and the theory theory of concepts, suggesting that a convergence between psychological and philosophical approaches to concepts is possible. An underlying theme is to stress that using a non-atomist account of concepts is crucial for the successful study of conceptual development and change—both for the explanation of individual cognitive development and for the study of conceptual change in science. |
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