Concept Acquisition and the Role of Language
Durham
United Kingdom
Sponsor(s):
- The Mind Association
- The Analysis Trust
- The British Society for the Philosophy of Science
- The Centre for Academic Researcher Development (Durham)
- The Institute for Advanced Study (Durham)
- Philosophy and Psychology Departments, Durham University
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Historically, issues concerning concept acquisition have focused around the nativism/empiricism debate. The central concern was to give an account of how new concepts are formed, and what influence the external world has on such processes (if any). More recently however, a trend in the literature has focused on the way that the nature of concepts might change throughout development. Questions emerge as to how the cognitive abilities in animals and human infant cognition relate to the later developing complex conceptual capacities of adults.
This workshop looks to assess the recent literature on these questions with particular focus on the role of language acquisition in the developmental process. We look to investigate these issues with an interdisciplinary approach, utilising research in linguistics, psychology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, comparative cognition, and other related fields.
Monday 27th May
12.30-1.15-Registration
1.15-2.45- Wolfram Hinzen (Barcelona/Durham)
2.50-3.30- Anna Ciaunica (Fribourg/ Institute of Cognitive Sciences, Lyon)
3.45-4.25- James Miller (Durham)
4.40-6.15- Susan Carey (Harvard)
Tuesday 28th May
10.00-11.30- Maggie McGonigle (Edinburgh)
11.45-12.25- Denis Buehler (California)
12.30-1.10- Richard Stoeckle-schobel (Edinburgh)
1.10-1.30- Discussion
1.30-Lunch and End
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