Shifting Concepts: The Philosophy and Psychology of Conceptual Variability

Concepts stand at the centre of human cognition. We use concepts in categorizing objects and events in the world, in reasoning and action, and in social interaction. It is therefore not surprising that the study of concepts constitutes a central area of research in philosophy and psychology, yet only recently have the two disciplines developed greater interaction. Recent experiments in psychology that test the role of concepts in categorizing and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198803338
• ISBN13: 9780198803331
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"