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Title
The Building Blocks of Thought : A Rationalist Account of the Origins of Concepts
Subject
psychology
Description
The human mind is capable of entertaining an astounding range of thoughts. These thoughts are composed of concepts or ideas, which are the building blocks of thoughts. This book is about where all of these concepts come from and the psychological structures that ultimately account for their acquisition. We argue that the debate over the origins of concepts, known as the rationalism-empiricism debate, has been widely misunderstood—not just by its critics but also by researchers who have been active participants in the debate. Part I fundamentally rethinks the foundations of the debate. Part II defends a rationalist view of the origins of concepts according to which many concepts across many conceptual domains are either innate or acquired via rationalist learning mechanisms.
Creator
Laurence, Stephen
Margolis, Eric
Margolis, Eric
Source
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/142758
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Date
2024
Contributor
wulan
Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Format
pdf
Language
English
Type
textbook
Identifier
10.1093/9780191925375.001.0001