Semantic and Conceptual Development: An Ontological Perspective

by Frank C. Keil

In Semantic and Conceptual Development , Frank Keil presents the first psychological investigation of the developing child's ontological knowledge. Building on previous philosophical work, Keil shows that ontological categories develop in a highly predictable progression. Moreover, Keil demonstrates that ontological development obeys a strong formal constraint on the relations among categories. Although there are many possible ontological systems,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674181808
• ISBN13: 9780674181809
• Release Date: February 1979
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"