From conceptual representations to explanatory relations.
Machery emphasizes the centrality of explanation for theory-based approaches to concepts. I endorse Machery's emphasis on explanation and consider recent advances in psychology that point to the "heterogeneity" of explanation, with consequences for Machery's heterogeneity hypothesis about concepts.
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Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. lombrozo@berkeley.edu
D003210:Concept Formation; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory