Conceptual Flux: Mental Representation, Misrepresentation, and Concept Change

by M. Perlman

Book Overview

How can one think about a thing, think something false about it, and still be thinking about that thing at all? If a concept is applied to something outside its meaning, how are we to say it does not mean that thing as well? The problem of misrepresentation is one of the central issues in contemporary philosophy of mind. Here, Mark Perlman criticizes the way all contemporary theories of mental representation seek to account for misrepresentation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048154154
• ISBN13: 9789048154159
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"