Furnishing the Mind: Concepts and Their Perceptual Basis

by Jesse J. Prinz

Book Overview

Western philosophy has long been divided between empiricists, who argue that human understanding has its basis in experience, and rationalists, who argue that reason is the source of knowledge. A central issue in the debate is the nature of concepts, the internal representations we use to think about the world. The traditional empiricist thesis that concepts are built up from sensory input has fallen out of favor. Mainstream cognitive science tends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262661853
• ISBN13: 9780262661850
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher