From conceptual representations to explanatory relations

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33 (2-3):218-219 (2010)
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Machery emphasizes the centrality of explanation for theory-based approaches to concepts. I endorse Machery's emphasis on explanation and consider recent advances in psychology that point to the of explanation, with consequences for Machery's heterogeneity hypothesis about concepts

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10.1017/s0140525x10000415

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Words, Thoughts, and Theories.Alison Gopnik - 1997 - Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. Edited by Andrew N. Meltzoff.
Concepts and Cognitive Science.Stephen Laurence & Eric Margolis - 1999 - In Eric Margolis & Stephen Laurence (eds.), Concepts: Core Readings. MIT Press. pp. 3-81.

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