Where are nature's joints? Finding the mechanisms underlying categorization.
Machery argues that concepts are too heterogeneous to be a natural kind. I argue that the book does not go far enough. Theories of concepts assume that the task of categorizing warrants a unique set of cognitive constructs. Instead, cognitive science must look across tasks to find a fundamental set of cognitive mechanisms.
Markman
Arthur B
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Department of Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA. markman@psy.utexas.edu
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