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

Title
Creations of the mind : theories of artifacts and their representation

Author
Margolis, Eric, 1968-

ISBN
9780199250981
 
9780199250998

Publication Information
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Physical Description
xi, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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 -- The organization and representation of conceptual knowledge in the brain : living kinds and artifacts / Bradford Z. Mahon and Alfonso Caramazza -- The conceptual foundations of animals and artifacts / Jean M. Mandler -- The essence of artifacts : developing the design stance / Deborah Kelemen and Susan Carey -- A 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 -- The 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.

Abstract
'Creations of the Mind' presents 16 original essays by theorists from a wide range of disciplines who have a shared interest in the nature of artifacts and their implications for the human mind. All the papers are written specifically for this volume.

Subject Term
Creative ability.
 
Concepts.
 
Cognition in children.
 
Cognition in animals.
 
Philosophy of mind.

Added Author
Margolis, Eric, 1968-
 
Laurence, Stephen.

Electronic Access
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006103199.html
 
Table of contents http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=015578107&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA


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