Why Theories of Concepts Should Not Ignore the Problem of Acquisition

Disputatio 7 (41):113-163 (2015)
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Why Theories of Concepts Should Not Ignore the Problem of Acquisition.

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Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong.Jerry A. Fodor - 1998 - Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press.
Naming and Necessity.Saul Kripke - 1980 - Philosophy 56 (217):431-433.

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