Concepts

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This entry provides an overview of theories of concepts that is organized around five philosophical issues: (1) the ontology of concepts, (2) the structure of concepts, (3) empiricism and nativism about concepts, (4) concepts and natural language, and (5) concepts and conceptual analysis.

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original Margolis, Eric; Laurence, Stephen (2002) "Concepts". In Stich, Stephen P., Warfield, Ted A., Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind, pp. 190-213: Blackwell (2002)
original Laurence, Stephen; Margolis, Eric (2003) "Concepts". In Warfield, Ted, Stich, Stephen, The Blackwell Guide to the Philosophy of Mind, pp. : Blackwell (2003)
original Margolis, Eric; Laurence, Stephen (2003) "Concepts". In Stich, Stephen, Warfield, Ted A., The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Mind, pp. 190–213: Wiley-Blackwell (2003)

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