According to the recent trend of concept eliminativism in cognitive science, the term ‘concept’ is of no explanatory value and should be banned from scientific use. I argue that the version of eliminativism due to Edouard Machery does not individuate the referent of ‘concept’ at the right level of abstraction; in other words, it confuses concepts with their realizers. I recommend is that concepts are individuated at the level of functional kinds, and suggest some of their explanatory functions.

Lalumera, E. (2013). Concepts exist. More about Eliminativism. METHODE, 2, 126-133.

Concepts exist. More about Eliminativism

LALUMERA, ELISABETTA
2013

Abstract

According to the recent trend of concept eliminativism in cognitive science, the term ‘concept’ is of no explanatory value and should be banned from scientific use. I argue that the version of eliminativism due to Edouard Machery does not individuate the referent of ‘concept’ at the right level of abstraction; in other words, it confuses concepts with their realizers. I recommend is that concepts are individuated at the level of functional kinds, and suggest some of their explanatory functions.
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Concepts, philosophy, natural kinds, cognitive science
English
mag-2013
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126
133
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Lalumera, E. (2013). Concepts exist. More about Eliminativism. METHODE, 2, 126-133.
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