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From conceptual representations to explanatory relations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 June 2010
Abstract
Machery emphasizes the centrality of explanation for theory-based approaches to concepts. I endorse Machery's emphasis on explanation and consider recent advances in psychology that point to the “heterogeneity” of explanation, with consequences for Machery's heterogeneity hypothesis about concepts.
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