Book contents
- Cognitive Ontology
- Cognitive Ontology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Cognitive Kinds
- Chapter 2 Concepts
- Chapter 3 Innateness
- Chapter 4 Domain Specificity
- Chapter 5 Episodic Memory
- Chapter 6 Language-Thought Processes
- Chapter 7 Cognitive Heuristics and Biases
- Chapter 8 Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Chapter 9 Epilogue
- References
- Index
Chapter 9 - Epilogue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 January 2023
- Cognitive Ontology
- Cognitive Ontology
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Cognitive Kinds
- Chapter 2 Concepts
- Chapter 3 Innateness
- Chapter 4 Domain Specificity
- Chapter 5 Episodic Memory
- Chapter 6 Language-Thought Processes
- Chapter 7 Cognitive Heuristics and Biases
- Chapter 8 Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Chapter 9 Epilogue
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter brings together some of the main themes that run through the previous chapters, namely: the etiological-environmental individuation of cognitive kinds; the advantages of a real-kind approach to cognitive ontology; and the purview of cognitive neuroscience. On the first score, I distinguish the variety of externalism defended in this book from the familiar varieties in the philosophical literature. On the second, I show how taxonomic practices in cognitive science can benefit from reflecting on the overarching ontological categories in the cognitive domain and from greater clarity in distinguishing relationships among different kinds of kinds (for example, subordinate and superordinate kinds). On the third point, I argue that the scientific discipline of cognitive neuroscience, which aims to build bridges between neural and cognitive taxonomies, need not revolve around the search for neural correlates of cognitive kinds.
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- Cognitive OntologyTaxonomic Practices in the Mind-Brain Sciences, pp. 231 - 242Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023