The Origin of Concepts (Susan Carey)
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Susan Carey asks how children acquire concepts that go beyond the representations they begin with.
The Origin of Concepts examines early systems for thinking about objects, number and agency.
Carey argues that some developmental changes require new representational systems, rather than simply more facts.
Her account of Quinian bootstrapping explains one way such conceptual change could happen.
The book connects developmental evidence with philosophical questions about what it means to learn a new concept.
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