The Making of Human Concepts by Mareschal, Denis; Quinn, Paul; Lea, Stephen E.G.;

Sorozatcím: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience;

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Kiadó OUP Oxford
Megjelenés dátuma 2010. január 14.

ISBN 9780199549221
Kötéstípus Puhakötés
Terjedelem416 oldal
Méret 233x156x23 mm
Súly 623 g
Nyelv angol
Illusztrációk Illus.

Kategóriák

Genetika, evolúció, fejlődéstan Idegtudomány Logika Elméleti pszichológia Alkalmazott pszichológia Pedagógia általában

Rövid leírás:

Human adults appear different from other animals in their ability to form abstract mental representations that go beyond perceptual similarity. In short, they can conceptualize the world. This book brings together leading psychologists and neuroscientists to tackle the age-old puzzle of what might be unique about human concepts.

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Human adults appear different from other animals in their ability to form abstract mental representations that go beyond perceptual similarity. In short, they can conceptualize the world. This apparent uniqueness leads to an immediate puzzle: WHEN and HOW does this abstract system come into being? To answer this question we need to explore the origins of adult concepts, both developmentally and phylogenetically;
When does the developing child acquire the ability to use abstract concepts?
Does the transition occur around 2 years, with the onset of symbolic representation and language? Or, is it independent of the emergence of language?
When in evolutionary history did an abstract representational system emerge?
Is there something unique about the human brain? How would a computational system operating on the basis of perceptual associations develop into a system operating on the basis of abstract relations?
Is this ability present in other species, but masked by their inability to verbalise abstractions? Perhaps the very notion of concepts is empty and should be done away with altogether.

This book tackles the age-old puzzle of what might be unique about human concepts. Intuitively, we have a sense that our thoughts are somehow different from those of animals and young children such as infants. Yet, if true, this raises the question of where and how this uniqueness arises. What are the factors that have played out during the life course of the individual and over the evolution of humans that have contributed to the emergence of this apparently unique ability? This volume brings together a collection of world specialists who have grappled with these questions from different perspectives to try to resolve the issue. It includes contributions from leading psychologists, neuroscientists, child and infant specialists, and animal cognition specialists. Taken together, this story leads to the idea that there is no unique ingredient in the emergence of human concepts, but rather a powerful and potentially unique mix of biological abilities and personal and social history that has led to where the human mind now stands.
A 'must-read' for students and researchers in the cognitive sciences.

To a large extent cognitive, developmental, and comparative psychologists have pursued the study of concepts independently, with little attempt at integration between these disciplines. In this important edited collection, contributions from the leading experts detail the phylogenetic and ontogenetic origins of human adult concepts and push towards a coherent overall perspective. The volume will be essential reading for students, academics, and researchers seeking a unitary perspective on the origin of human adult concepts

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Tartalomjegyzék:

Part One
Where do concepts come from?
What are categories and concepts
Rules and similarity in adult concept learning
Mechanistic Models of Associative and Rule-based Category Learning
The Neurobiology of Categorization
Different kinds of concepts and different kinds of words: What words do for human cognition
Concepts and culture
Part Two
Category learning and concept learning in birds
Concept learning in nonprimate mammals: In search of evidence
Concepts in Monkeys
Cognitive development in chimpanzees: A trade-off between memory and abstraction?
Categorization and concept formation in human infants
The making of an abstract concept: Natural number
Concepts in Human Adults
Part Three
Darwin and Development: Why ontogeny does not recapitualte phylogeny for human concepts
More than concepts: How multiple integrations make human intelligence
The Evolution of concepts: A timely look
Part Four
The Making of Human Concepts: A Final Look