On the ambiguity of concept use in psychology: Is the concept "Concept" a useful concept?

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-89

  Slaney, Kathleen L ^a   Racine, Timothy P ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concepts; Ordinary language analysis of 'concept'; Representational Theory of Mind (RTM); Theories of concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955962769     PISSN: 10688471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022077     Document Type: Article

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