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The origin of concepts

Carey, Susan.

The origin of concepts [electronic resource] / Susan Carey. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (viii, 598 p.) : ill. - Oxford series in cognitive development . - Oxford series in cognitive development. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Carey characterizes the innate starting point for conceptual development, namely systems of core cognition. She also argues that the key to understanding cognitive development lies in recognizing conceptual discontinuities in which new representational systems emerge that have more expressive power than core cognition.

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Concepts.

BF443 / .C37 2009

153.23