title: The function and representation of concepts.
abstract: Machery has usefully organized the vast heterogeneity in conceptual representation. However, we believe his argument is too narrow in tacitly assuming that concepts are comprised of only prototypes, exemplars, and theories, and also that its eliminative aspect is too strong. We examine two exceptions to Machery's representational taxonomy before considering whether doing without concepts is a good idea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. khemlani@princeton.edu
authors.forename: Sangeet S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Khemlani
authors.forename: Geoffrey
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Goodwin
mesh_terms: D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008960:Models, Psychological