Evidence of coordination as a cure for concept eliminativism

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33 (2-3):223-224 (2010)
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Abstract

I argue that Machery stacks the deck against hybrid theories of concepts by relying on an unduly restrictive understanding of coordination between concept parts. Once a less restrictive notion of coordination is introduced, the empirical case for hybrid theories of concepts becomes stronger, and the appeal of concept eliminativism weaker

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Andrea Scarantino
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