Hernández-Conde, José Vicente (2017) Life Cycle of a Concept in the Ad Hoc Cognition Framework. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 32 (3). pp. 271-292. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
Recently, Casasanto and Lupyan (2015) have asserted that there are no context-independent concepts: all concepts are constructed ad hoc when they are instantiated. My aim is to show that the ad hoc cognition framework can be characterized by a similarity-based theory of concepts, and that two different notions of concept should be distinguished —which may be identified with two distinct stages of their life cycle (storage and instantiation). This approach brings together virtues from opposing views: (a) invariantist: stored concepts are stable enough to collect new information; (b) contextualist: instantiated concepts are context-dependent, what explains our adaptive ability to changing environments.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Concepts, ad hoc cognition, context dependence, prototype theory | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2017 14:08 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2017 14:08 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 14054 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/v... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.16216 | ||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Psychology > Evolutionary Psychology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation |
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| Date: | September 2017 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 271-292 | ||||||
| Volume: | 32 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/14054 |
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