Concepts and theoretical unification.
Concepts are mental symbols that have semantic structure and processing structure. This approach (1) allows for different disciplines to converge on a common subject matter; (2) it promotes theoretical unification; and (3) it accommodates the varied processes that preoccupy Machery. It also avoids problems that go with his eliminativism, including the explanation of how fundamentally different types of concepts can be co-referential.
Margolis
Eric
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Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1, Canada. margolis@interchange.ubc.ca
Laurence
Stephen
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D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory