Hume and cognitive science: The current status of the controversy over abstract ideas

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-207

  Collier, Mark ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract ideas; Categorization; Cognitive science; Hume; Memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544462854     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-005-0139-5     Document Type: Review

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