“概念起源”述要。
Précis of 'The Origin of Concepts'.
机构信息
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
出版信息
Behav Brain Sci. 2011 Jun;34(3):113-24; discussion 124-62. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X10000919.
A theory of conceptual development must specify the innate representational primitives, must characterize the ways in which the initial state differs from the adult state, and must characterize the processes through which one is transformed into the other. The Origin of Concepts (henceforth TOOC) defends three theses. With respect to the initial state, the innate stock of primitives is not limited to sensory, perceptual, or sensorimotor representations; rather, there are also innate conceptual representations. With respect to developmental change, conceptual development consists of episodes of qualitative change, resulting in systems of representation that are more powerful than, and sometimes incommensurable with, those from which they are built. With respect to a learning mechanism that achieves conceptual discontinuity, I offer Quinian bootstrapping. TOOC concludes with a discussion of how an understanding of conceptual development constrains a theory of concepts.
概念发展理论必须指定内在的表示原语，必须描述初始状态与成人状态的区别，并且必须描述从一种状态转化为另一种状态的过程。《概念的起源》（后文简称《TOOC》）捍卫三个论点。就初始状态而言，内在的原始语储备不仅包括感觉、知觉或感觉运动的表示，还有内在的概念表示。就发展变化而言，概念发展包括定性变化的阶段，导致表示系统比其构建的系统更强大，有时甚至不可通约。就实现概念不连续性的学习机制而言，我提出了奎因的自举。《TOOC》最后讨论了概念发展的理解如何限制概念理论。
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