If there is one topic on which we all are experts, it is ourselves. Psychologists depend on this
expertise, as asking people questions about themselves is an important means by which …

Network-based analyses of brain imaging data consistently reveal distinct modules and
connector nodes with diverse global connectivity across the modules. How discrete the …

Over recent years, the psychology of concepts has been rejuvenated by new work on
prototypes, inventive ideas on causal cognition, the development of neo-empiricist theories …

Scientific disciplines frequently divide the particulars they study into kinds and theorize
about those kinds. To say that a kind is natural is to say that it corresponds to a grouping that …

Traditionally, theories of concepts in psychology assume that concepts are a single, uniform
kind of mental representation. But no single kind of representation can explain all of the …

In recent years philosophers of science have urged that many scientific theories are
extremely useful and successful despite being internally inconsistent. Via an investigation of …

At least since Locke, philosophers and psychologists have usually held that concepts arise
out of sensory perceptions, thoughts are built from concepts, and language enables …

Although cognitive scientists have learned a lot about concepts, their findings have yet to be
organized in a coherent theoretical framework. In addition, after twenty years of controversy …

Conceptual engineering means to provide a method to assess and improve our concepts
working as cognitive devices. But conceptual engineering still lacks an account of what …

Conceptual engineering is the method for assessing and improving our concepts. However,
little has been written about how best to conceive of concepts for the purposes of conceptual …