EXTENSIONAL ASSUMPTIONS IN THEORIES OF MEANING AND CONCEPTS

Authors
MURPHY GL
Citation
Gl. Murphy, EXTENSIONAL ASSUMPTIONS IN THEORIES OF MEANING AND CONCEPTS, Behavioral and brain sciences, 21(1), 1998, pp. 80
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Biological",Neurosciences,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Behavioral and brain sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0140525X
Volume
21
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-525X(1998)21:1<80:EAITOM>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The problems that Millikan addresses in theories of concepts arise fro m an extensional view of concepts and word meaning. If instead one ass umes that concepts are psychological entities intended to explain huma n behavior and thought, many of these problems dissolve.