Furnishing the Mind: Concepts and Their Perceptual Basis
(Part of the Representation and Mind Series Series)
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Western philosophy has long been divided between empiricists, who argue that human understanding has its basis in experience, and rationalists, who argue that reason is the source of knowledge. A central issue in the debate is the nature of concepts, the internal representations we use to think about the world. The traditional empiricist thesis that concepts are built up from sensory input has fallen out of favor. Mainstream cognitive science tends...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0262661853
ISBN13:9780262661850
Release Date:August 2004
Publisher:MIT Press (MA)
Length:358 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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