Evidence of coordination as a cure for concept eliminativism.

Behav Brain Sci

Department of Philosophy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302, USA.

Published: June 2010

I argue that Machery stacks the deck against hybrid theories of concepts by relying on an unduly restrictive understanding of coordination between concept parts. Once a less restrictive notion of coordination is introduced, the empirical case for hybrid theories of concepts becomes stronger, and the appeal of concept eliminativism weaker.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X10000464DOI Listing

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