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Download or read book Conceptual Flux written by M. Perlman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2000-02-29 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If a concept is applied to something outside its meaning, how are we to say it does not mean that thing as well? This makes up one of the central issues in contemporary philosophy of mind: the problem of misrepresentation. Perlman (philosophy, Western Oregon University) criticizes the way all contemporary theories of mental representation seek to account for misrepresentation, and concludes that it cannot be explained naturalistically. He formulates a naturalistic theory of representation that accepts the conclusion that there is no misrepresentation, and adds a pragmatic theory of content, which explains apparent misrepresentation as concept change. Of interest to those in philosophy, linguistics, AI, and cognitive science. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR