Conceptual Mind

<b>New essays by leading philosophers and cognitive scientists that present recent findings and theoretical developments in the study of concepts. </b><p>The study of concepts has advanced dramatically in recent years with exciting new findings and theoretical developments. Core concepts have been investigated in greater depth and new lines of inquiry have blossomed with researchers from an ever broader range of disciplines making important contributions. In this volume leading philosophers and cognitive scientists offer original essays that present the state-of-the-art in the study of concepts. These essays all commissioned for this book do not merely present the usual surveys and overviews; rather they offer the latest work on concepts by a diverse group of theorists as well as discussions of the ideas that should guide research over the next decade. The book is an essential companion volume to the earlier <i>Concepts: Core Readings</i> the definitive source for classic texts on the nature of concepts.</p><p>The essays cover concepts as they relate to animal cognition the brain evolution perception and language concepts across cultures concept acquisition and conceptual change concepts and normativity concepts in context and conceptual individuation. The contributors include such prominent scholars as Susan Carey Nicola Clayton Jerry Fodor Douglas Medin Joshua Tenenbaum and Anna Wierzbicka.</p><p><b>Contributors<br></b>Aurore Avarguès-Weber Eef Ameel Megan Bang H. Clark Barrett Pascal Boyer Elisabeth Camp Susan Carey Daniel Casasanto Nicola S. Clayton Dorothy L. Cheney Vyvyan Evans Jerry A. Fodor Silvia Gennari Tobias Gerstenberg Martin Giurfa Noah D. Goodman J. Kiley Hamlin James A. Hampton Mutsumi Imai Charles W. Kalish Frank Keil Jonathan Kominsky Stephen Laurence Gary Lupyan Edouard Machery Bradford Z. Mahon Asifa Majid Barbara C. Malt Eric Margolis Douglas Medin Nancy J. Nersessian bethany ojalehto Anna Papafragou Joshua M. Plotnik Noburo Saji Robert M. Seyfarth Joshua B. Tenenbaum Sandra Waxman Daniel A. Weiskopf Anna Wierzbicka</p>