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Banishing the thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2010

Nina Strohminger  and
Bradley W. Moore
Nina Strohminger
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043. humean@umich.edu bradmoor@umich.edu
Bradley W. Moore
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1043. humean@umich.edu bradmoor@umich.edu
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Abstract

The first seven chapters of Doing without Concepts offer a perfectly reasonable view of current research on concepts. The last chapter, on which the central thesis of the book rests, provides little actual evidence that using the term “concept” impedes scientific progress. It thus fails to demonstrate that this term should be eliminated from the scientific vernacular.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 33 , Issue 2-3 , June 2010 , pp. 225 - 226
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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