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Book SynopsisAndy Blunden presents an interdisciplinary review of theories of concepts of interest to cognitive psychology, analytic philosophy, linguistics, and the history of science. Problems within these disciplines establishing reductive theories of the conceptual have led some to abandon concepts altogether in favor of interactionist or narrowly pragmatic approaches.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I. Contemporary Theory 1. The Psychology of Concepts 2. Narratives and Metaphors 3. Conceptual Change and Linguistics 4. Robert Brandom on Concepts 5. Where we are Now with Concepts Part II. Hegel 6. The Story of the Concept 7. Hegel’s Logic 8. The Genesis of the Concept 9. The Realisation of the Concept 10. Hegel’s Psychology Part III. From Philosophy to the Human Sciences 11. The Critical Appropriation of Hegel 12. Sources of Cultural Psychology Part IV. Vygotsky 13. Concepts in Childhood 14. Vygotsky on ‘True Concepts’ 15. Concepts and Activity Part V. Conclusion. Acknowledgments References Index
