What do we need concepts for?

Mind and Language 4 (1-2):17-23 (1989)
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If we are serious about concepts, we must begin by addressing two questions: What are concepts for, what is their job? And what means are available in an organism for concepts to do their job? One is a question of raison d'.

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10.1111/j.1468-0017.1989.tb00235.x

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Conceitos e estrutura mental.Marcos Barbosa de Oliveira - 1991 - Trans/Form/Ação 14:73-91.

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