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
Summary
Carey characterizes the innate starting point for conceptual development, namely systems of core cognition. She also argues that the key to understanding cognitive development lies in recognizing conceptual discontinuities in which new representational systems emerge that have more expressive power than core cognition
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-566) and indexes
