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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      December 2009
      July 2000
      ISBN:
      9780511613296
      9780521623865
      9780521625531
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511613296
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 274 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.38kg, 276 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Philosophy: General Interest, Logic, Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
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    Subjects:
    Philosophy: General Interest, Logic, Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
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    Written by one of today's most creative and innovative philosophers, Ruth Garrett Millikan, this book examines basic empirical concepts; how they are acquired, how they function, and how they have been misrepresented in the traditional philosophical literature. Millikan places cognitive psychology in an evolutionary context where human cognition is assumed to be an outgrowth of primitive forms of mentality, and assumed to have 'functions' in the biological sense. Of particular interest are her discussions of the nature of abilities as different from dispositions, her detailed analysis of the psychological act of reidentifying substances, and her critique of the language of thought for mental representation. In a radical departure from current philosophical and psychological theories of concepts, this book provides the first in-depth discussion on the psychological act of reidentification.

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    "The book has the rare merit of combining rigorous physical analysis with refreshingly original ideas." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

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