Individualism and Semantic Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10703101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Patterson (0000-0002-5040-7576, Harvard University, corresponding author), Sarah Patterson |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 15-35 |
| Publication date | 1991-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/289597 |
| OpenAlex | W2081194210 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
This paper takes issue with Tyler Burge's claim that intentional states are nonindividualistically individuated in cognitive psychology. A discussion of current models of children's acquisition of semantic knowledge is used to motivate a thought-experiment which shows that psychologists working in this area are not committed to describing the concepts children attach to words in terms of the concepts standardly attached to those words in the child's community. The content of the child's representational states are thus not individuated with reference to linguistic environment in the manner that Burge's nonindividualistic view requires. The paper concludes that the explanatory states of cognitive psychology are sometimes individualistically individuated
Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Content (measure theory) · Epistemology · Individualism · Political science · Child and Animal Learning Development · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |