The Big Book of Concepts

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ISBN: 9780262632997

Gregory Murphy (New York University)

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MIT Press
30 January 2004

Psychology; Cognition & cognitive psychology

Series: A Bradford Book

Concepts embody our knowledge of the kinds of things there are in the world. Tying our past experiences to our present interactions with the environment, they enable us to recognize and understand new objects and events. Concepts are also relevant to understanding domains such as social situations, personality types, and even artistic styles. Yet like other phenomenologically simple cognitive processes such as walking or understanding speech, concept formation and use are maddeningly complex.

Research since the 1970s and the decline of the ""classical view"" of concepts have greatly illuminated the psychology of concepts. But persistent theoretical disputes have sometimes obscured this progress. The Big Book of Concepts goes beyond those disputes to reveal the advances that have been made, focusing on the major empirical discoveries. By reviewing and evaluating research on diverse topics such as category learning, word meaning, conceptual development in infants and children, and the basic level of categorization, the book develops a much broader range of criteria than is usual for evaluating theories of concepts.

By: Gregory Murphy (New York University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 839g
ISBN: 9780262632997
ISBN 10: 0262632993
Series: A Bradford Book
Pages: 568
Publication Date: 30 January 2004
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gregory L. Murphy is Professor of Psychology at New York University.

Reviews for The Big Book of Concepts

"""Superb.... Murphy is one of the leading scholars in this area, and he reviews a complicated literature with honesty, clarity, and wit. This is going to be the classic text in the field for a very long time. It is one of those rare cases in which the standard back-of-the-book blurb is actually true. Anyone seriously interested in concepts and categorization - seasoned researchers, graduates and advanced undergraduates, or scholars who simply want to get a sense of the field - must read this book."" - Paul Bloom, Nature"""