Concepts

Concepts: Core Readings traces the develoment of one of the most active areas of investigation in cognitive science. This comprehensive volume brings together the essential background readings from philosophy psychology and linguistics while providing a broad sampling of contemporary research. The first part of the book centers around the fall of the Classical Theory of Concepts in the face of attacks by W.V.O. Quine Ludwig Wittgenstein Eleanor Rosch and others emphasizing the emergence and development of the Prototype Theory and the controversies it spurred. The second part surveys a broad range of contemporary theoriesNeoclassical Theories the Prototype Theory the Theory-Theory and Conceptual Atomism.