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Beyond substance concepts in cognitive development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Katherine Nelson
Katherine Nelson
Affiliation:
Department of Developmental Psychology, City University of New York Graduate School, New York, NY 10036 knelson@email.gc.cuny.edu
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Abstract

Millikan's theory of substance concepts has advantages for psychological theories, including those in cognitive development. However, the disadvantage is that it cannot be generalized even to some of the most common concepts that children acquire in the early years of life. For a general theory we must get beyond substances.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 81 - 82
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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