The origin of concepts /
Susan Carey.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- viii, 598 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Oxford series in cognitive development .
- Oxford series in cognitive development. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-566) and indexes.
Some preliminaries -- The initial representational repertoire : the empiricist picture -- Core object cognition -- Core cognition : number -- Core cognition : agency -- Representations of cause -- Language and core cognition -- Beyond core cognition : natural number -- Beyond the numeral list representation of integers -- Beyond core object cognition -- The process of conceptual change -- Conclusion I: The origins of concepts -- Conclusion II: Implications for a theory of concepts.