articleTop 1% cited
Concepts: Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong
The Philosophical Review · 2000 · Vol. 109(4) · pp. 627–627
Kent Bach✉Jerry A. Fodor(Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
Abstract
1. Philosophical Introduction: The Background Theory. 2. Unphilosophical Introduction: What Concepts Have To Be. 3. The Demise of Definitions, Part I: The Linguist's Tale. 4. The Demise of Definitions, Part II: The Philosopher's Tale. 5. Prototypes and Compositionality. (Appendix 5A: Meaning Postulates. Appendix 5B: The 'Theory Theory' of Concepts.) 6. Innateness and Ontology, Part I: The Standard Argument. (Appendix 6A: Similarity.) 7. Innateness and Ontology, Part II: Intentional Laws and Natural Kinds. (Appendix 7A: Round Squares.) Bibliography Index
Classical Philosophy and ThoughtCognitionPhilosophyContemporary philosophyEpistemologyPsychologyAnalytic philosophyGeneral interestCognitive scienceNeuroscience
Citations
939
FWCI
1133.77
field-weighted impact
References
0
Percentile
100%
vs. same field & year
Citations per year
Citation Network
How this paper connects to the literature. Drag to explore, click any node to open that paper.