Andy Blunden

Concepts

A Critical Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an overview of theories of the Concept, drawing on the philosopher Hegel and the Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Concepts are shown to be both units of the mind and units of a cultural formation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9789004228474
• ISBN-10: 9004228470
• Artikelnr.: 36193351

Autorenporträt

Andy Blunden is an independent scholar in Melbourne, Australia. He works with the Independent Social Research Network and the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy. His Interdisciplinary Theory of Activitywas published by Brill in 2010.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. Contemporary Theory
1. The Psychology of Concepts
2. Narratives and Metaphors
3. Conceptual Change and Linguistics
4. Robert Brandom on Concepts
5. Where we are Now with Concepts
Part II. Hegel
6. The Story of the Concept
7. Hegel's Logic
8. The Genesis of the Concept
9. The Realisation of the Concept
10. Hegel's Psychology
Part III. From Philosophy to the Human Sciences
11. The Critical Appropriation of Hegel
12. Sources of Cultural Psychology
Part IV. Vygotsky
13. Concepts in Childhood
14. Vygotsky on 'True Concepts'
15. Concepts and Activity
Part V. Conclusion.
Acknowledgments
References
Index