I explore and defend the distinction between an abstract concept and conceptions of that concept—different ways of explicating thecontent of that concept. In particular, I investigate contested concepts: concepts for which there appear to be genuine, principled disputes about which of several competing conceptions is the correct one.Although philosophers (e.g., John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin) and others often employ the concept/conception distinction, it has seldom been the subject of sustained philosophical inquiry. In particular, little attention has been paid to its consequences for philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. This is unfortunate, for if they are adequately to explain certain common andimportant features of language and...
In this article, we review some important controversies about concepts in the philosophy of psycholo...
Given the fundamental role that concepts play in theories of cognition, philosophers and cognitive s...
The creation, acquisition, and development of concepts is broadly relevant to the arts and sciences ...
I explore and defend the distinction between an abstract concept and conceptions of that concept—dif...
Normative concepts are said to lead to controversial discussions and involve indefinite and valuable...
The distinction between concept and conception has been widely debated in political philosophy, wher...
Social scientists, political scientists and philosophers debate key concepts such as democracy, powe...
“Since the term was coined by W. B. Gallie, the idea of essentially contested concepts has been used...
ABSTRACT Conceptual confusion has long been a source of difficulty in the study of politics. W. B. G...
The aim of this thesis is to give general answers to two questions: What is a good scientific concep...
Core concepts of language are highly contested. In some cases this is legitimate: real empirical and...
In academic philosophy and in ordinary life, it is often difficult to tell whether two people are re...
A symposium on the idea of “concepts” is a tricky matter. For one thing, the relevant issues have a ...
In this conceptual paper I enter the contested field of the notion of philosophy, which in itself, i...
Much recent work on concepts has been inspired by and is developed within the bounds of the represen...
In this article, we review some important controversies about concepts in the philosophy of psycholo...
Given the fundamental role that concepts play in theories of cognition, philosophers and cognitive s...
The creation, acquisition, and development of concepts is broadly relevant to the arts and sciences ...
I explore and defend the distinction between an abstract concept and conceptions of that concept—dif...
Normative concepts are said to lead to controversial discussions and involve indefinite and valuable...
The distinction between concept and conception has been widely debated in political philosophy, wher...
Social scientists, political scientists and philosophers debate key concepts such as democracy, powe...
“Since the term was coined by W. B. Gallie, the idea of essentially contested concepts has been used...
ABSTRACT Conceptual confusion has long been a source of difficulty in the study of politics. W. B. G...
The aim of this thesis is to give general answers to two questions: What is a good scientific concep...
Core concepts of language are highly contested. In some cases this is legitimate: real empirical and...
In academic philosophy and in ordinary life, it is often difficult to tell whether two people are re...
A symposium on the idea of “concepts” is a tricky matter. For one thing, the relevant issues have a ...
In this conceptual paper I enter the contested field of the notion of philosophy, which in itself, i...
Much recent work on concepts has been inspired by and is developed within the bounds of the represen...
In this article, we review some important controversies about concepts in the philosophy of psycholo...
Given the fundamental role that concepts play in theories of cognition, philosophers and cognitive s...
The creation, acquisition, and development of concepts is broadly relevant to the arts and sciences ...