The plurality of concepts

Synthese

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-173

  Weiskopf, Daniel Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Concepts; Pluralism; Psychological kinds; Representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349123060     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-008-9340-8     Document Type: Article

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