Conceptual atomism rethought.
Focusing on Machery's claim that concepts play entirely different roles in philosophy and psychology, I explain how one well-known philosophical theory of concepts, Conceptual Atomism (CA), when properly understood, takes into account both kinds of roles.
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Susan
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Department of Philosophy, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304, USA. susansdr@gmail.com
D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy; D011582:Psychological Theory