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Analysis, Explication, and the Nature of Concepts

In: History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis
Author:
Frauke Albersmeier Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

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05 Apr 2019
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What does the way we clarify and revise concepts reveal about the nature of concepts? This paper investigates the ontological commitments of conceptual analysis and explication regarding their supposed subject matter – concepts. It demonstrates the benefits of a cognitivist account of concepts, according to which they are not items on which the subject operates cognitively, but rather ways in which the subject operates. The proposed view helps to handle alternating references to ‘concepts’ and ‘terms’ in instructions on analysis and explication. Furthermore, its virtue lies not in the capacity to render concepts ‘shareable’ but in its ontological parsimony.

Title:
Analysis, Explication, and the Nature of Concepts
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30965/26664275-02201011
Language:
English
Pages:
180–201
In:
History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis
In:
Volume 22: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill | mentis
E-ISSN:
2666-4275
Print ISSN:
2666-4283
Subjects:
General, Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, 19th & 20th Century Philosophy

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