ELFT HÍRADÓ

["Laszlo E. Szabo" <leszabo AT ludens.elte.hu>]

Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University
Budapest, Pazmany P. setany 1/A

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM
(http://hps.elte.hu/seminar)
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 29 April 4:00 PM 6th floor 6.54
 (Language: English)

 Concepts: where the critics of the classical view went
  wrong

 Lilia Gurova
  Department of Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophical
  Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
  Department of Cognitive Science and Psychology, New Bulgarian
  University, Sofia

In the 1970s, a set of experimental findings convinced cognitive
science community that the view whose main claim is that
concepts are represented by lists of defining features (the
so-called classical view) is to be recognized as inadequate
and replaced by a more sound theory. Some of the critics
of the classical view have even claimed that this view has
failed not only as a psychological theory but also as a
methodological prescription in natural sciences (especially
in biology). Taken seriously, their claim implies that the
search for well-defined concepts in science is generally
misleading. Most scientists, however, would hardly agree
with such a verdict. Is the criticism against the classical
view so unproblematic as it is seen to be today? The aim
of this presentation is to denounce some broadly accepted
myths concerning the so-called classical view and its alleged
main flaws.

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The organizer of the seminar: László E. Szabó


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Department of Theoretical Physics
Department of History and Philosophy of Science
Eotvos University, Budapest
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