Work in philosophy and psychology has argued for a dissociation between perceptually-
based similarity and higher-level rules in conceptual thought. Although such a dissociation …

Recent evidence from cognitive neuroscience suggests that certain cognitive processes
employ perceptual representations. Inspired by this evidence, a few researchers have …

Perceptual experiences justify beliefs—that much seems obvious. As Brewer puts it,“sense
experiential states provide reasons for empirical beliefs”(this volume, xx). In Mind and World …

As embodied theories of cognition are increasingly formalized and tested, care must be
taken to make informed assumptions regarding the nature of concepts and representations …

Two prominent thinkers argue for the possibility of a theory of concepts that takes reference
to be concepts' sole semantic property. In cognitive science, conceptual content is frequently …

Perception and cognition are highly interrelated. Given the influence that these systems
exert on one another, it is important to explain how perceptual representations and cognitive …

After presenting evidence about categorization behavior, this paper argues for the following
theses: 1) that there is a border between perception and cognition; 2) that the border is to be …

Abstract According to the Perceptual Symbols Theory of cognition (Barsalou, 1999), modality‐
specific simulations underlie the representation of concepts. A strong prediction of this view …

In Perception: First Form of Mind, Tyler Burge develops an understanding of the most
primitive type of representational mind: perception. Focusing on its form, function, and …

The reconciliation of theories of concepts based on prototypes, exemplars, and theory‐like
structures is a longstanding problem in cognitive science. In response to this problem …