Animal minds and the possession of concepts

Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-308

  Newen, Albert ^a   Bartels, Andreas ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal minds; Concepts; Conceptual representation; Epistemic theory of concepts; Levels of representation; Nonconceptual representation; Propositional representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249102031     PISSN: 09515089     EISSN: 1465394X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515080701358096     Document Type: Article

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