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Creations of the Mind: Theories of Artifacts and Their Representation

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  Creations of the mind : theories of artifacts and their representation
  Margolis, Eric, 1968-

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  Creations of the Mind presents sixteen original essays by theorists from a wide variety of disciplines who have a shared interest in the nature of artifacts and their implications for the human mind. All the papers are written specially for this volume, and they cover a broad range of topics concerned with the metaphysics of artifacts, our concepts of artifacts and the categories that they represent, the emergence of an understanding of artifacts in infants' cognitive development, as well as the evolution of artifacts and the use of tools by non-human animals. This volume will be a fascinating resource for philosophers, cognitive scientists, and psychologists, and the starting point for future research in the study of artifacts and their role in human understanding, development, and behavior. Contributors: John R. Searle, Richard E. Grandy, Crawford L. Elder, Amie L. Thomasson, Jerrold Levinson, Barbara C. Malt, Steven A. Sloman, Dan Sperber, Hilary Kornblith, Paul Bloom, Bradford Z. Mahon, Alfonso Caramazza, Jean M. Mandler, Deborah Kelemen, Susan Carey, Frank C. Keil, Marissa L. Greif, Rebekkah S. Kerner, James L. Gould, Marc D. Hauser, Laurie R. Santos, and Steven Mithen.

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  Creations of the Mind presents sixteen original essays by theorists from a wide variety of disciplines who have a shared interest in the nature of artifacts and their implications for the human mind. All the papers are written specially for this volume, and they cover a broad range of topics concerned with the metaphysics of artifacts, our concepts of artifacts and the categories that they represent, the emergence of an understanding of artifacts in infants' cognitive development, as well as the evolution of artifacts and the use of tools by non-human animals. This volume will b (...read more)

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Table of Contents

  • List of Contributors p. vii
  • Introduction p. ix
  • Part I Metaphysics
  • 1 Social Ontology and the Philosophy of Society p. 3
  • 2 Artifacts: Parts and Principles p. 18
  • 3 On the Place of Artifacts in Ontology p. 33
  • 4 Artifacts and Human Concepts p. 52
  • 5 Artworks as Artifacts p. 74
  • Part II Concepts and Categories
  • 6 Artifact Categorization: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly p. 85
  • 7 Seedless Grapes: Nature and Culture p. 124
  • 8 How to Refer to Artifacts p. 138
  • 9 Water as an Artifact Kind p. 150
  • 10 The Organization and Representation of Conceptual Knowledge in the Brain: Living Kinds and Artifacts p. 157
  • Part III Cognitive Development
  • 11 The Conceptual Foundations of Animals and Artifacts p. 191
  • 12 The Essence of Artifacts: Developing the Design Stance p. 212
  • 13 A World Apart: How Concepts of the Constructed World Are Different in Representation and in Development p. 231
  • Part IV Evolution
  • 14 Animal Artifacts p. 249
  • 15 The Evolutionary Ancestry of Our Knowledge of Tools: From Percepts To Concepts p. 267
  • 16 Creations of Pre-Modern Human Minds: Stone Tool Manufacture and Use by Homo habilis, heidelbergensis, and neanderthalensis p. 289
  • References p. 312
  • Index p. 347

   

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  • List of Contributors p. vii
  • Introduction p. ix
  • Part I Metaphysics
  • 1 Social Ontology and the Philosophy of Society p. 3
  • 2 Artifacts: Parts and Principles p. 18
  • 3 On the Place of Artifacts in Ontology p. 33
  • 4 Artifacts and Human Concepts p. 52
  • 5 Artworks as Artifacts p. 74
  • Part II Concepts and Categories
  • 6 Artifact Categorization: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly p. 85
  • 7 Seedless Grapes: Nature and Culture p. 124
  • 8 How to Refer to Artifacts p. 138
  • 9 Water as an Artifact Kind p. 150
  • 10 The Organization and Representation of Conceptual Knowledge in the Brain: Living Kinds and (...read more)

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   
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  Creations of the mind : theories of artifacts and their representation
  Margolis, Eric, 1968-

  Title:

  Creations of the mind : theories of artifacts and their representation / edited by Eric Margolis and Stephen Laurence.

  Publication info:

  Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

  Physical description:

  xi, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

  ISBN:

  9780199250981 (alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  0199250987 (alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  9780199250998 (alk. paper)

  ISBN:

  0199250995 (alk. paper)

  Contents:

  Social ontology and the philosophy of society / John R. Searle -- Artifacts: parts and principles / Richard E. Grandy -- On the place of artifacts in ontology / Crawford L. Elder -- Artifacts and human concepts / Amie L. Thomasson -- Artworks as artifacts / Jerrold Levinson -- Artifact categorization: the good, the bad, and the ugly / Barbara C. Malt and Steven A. Sloman -- Seedless grapes: nature and culture / Dan Sperber -- How to refer to artifacts / Hilary Kornblith -- Water as an artifact kind / Paul Bloom -- Organization and representation of conceptual knowledge in the brain: living kinds and artifacts / Bradford Z. Mahon and Alfonso Caramazza -- Conceptual foundations of animals and artifacts / Jean M. Mandler -- Essence of artifacts: developing the design stance / Deborah Kelemen and Susan Carey -- World apart: how concepts of the constructed world are different in representation and in development / Frank C. Keil, Marissa L. Greif, and Rebekkah S. Kerner -- Animal artifacts / James L. Gould -- Evolutionary ancestry of our knowledge of tools: from percepts to concepts / Marc D. Hauser and Laurie R. Santos -- Creations of pre-modern human minds: stone tool manufacture and use by Homo habilis, heidelbergensis, and neanderthalensis / Steven Mithen.

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  CSPC

  Subject term:

  Creative ability.

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  Concepts.

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  Cognition in children.

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  Cognition in animals.

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  Philosophy of mind.

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  Metaphysics.

  Added author:

  Margolis, Eric, 1968-

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  Laurence, Stephen.

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  Bibliography note:

  Includes bibliographical references (p. [312]-345) and index.

   

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