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Concepts and their role in knowledge : reflections on objectivist epistemology / Allan Gotthelf, editor, James G. Lennox, associate editor.
| Other author | Gotthelf, Allan, 1942-2013, editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2013] |
| Description | xiii, 298 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Ayn Rand Society philosophical studies Ayn Rand Society philosophical studies. ^A1179137 |
| Contents | Ayn Rand's theory of concepts: rethinking abstraction and essence / Allan Gotthelf -- Conceptualization and justification / Gregory Salmieri -- Perceptual awareness as presentational / Onkar Ghate -- Concepts, context , and the advance of science / James G. Lennox -- Rand on concepts, definitions, and the advance of science: comments on Gotthelf and Lennox / Paul E. Griffiths -- Natural kinds and Rand's theory of concepts: reflections on Griffiths / Onkar Ghate -- Rand on definitions - one size fits all? Comments on Gotthelf / Jim Bogen -- Taking the measure of a definition: response to Bogen / Allan Gotthelf -- On concepts that change with the advance of science: comments on Lennox / Richard M. Burian -- Conceptual development versus conceptual change: response to Burian / James G. Lennox -- In defense of the theory of appearing: comments oh Ghate and Salmieri / Pierre Le Morvan -- Forms of awareness and "three-factor" theories / Gregory Salmieri -- Direct perception and Salmieri's "forms of awareness" / Bill Brewer -- Keeping up appearances: reflections on the debate over perceptual infallibilism / Benjamin Bayer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index. |
| LCCN | 2013003756 |
| ISBN | 9780822944249 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0822944243 (alk. paper) |