?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Conceptual+Role+Semantics%2C+the+Theory+Theory%2C+and+Conceptual+Change&rft.creator=Brigandt%2C+Ingo&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=The+purpose+of+the+paper+is+twofold.+I+first+outline+a+philosophical+theory+of+concepts+based+on+conceptual+role+semantics.+This+approach+is+explicitly+intended+as+a+framework+for+the+study+and+explanation+of+conceptual+change+in+science.+Then+I+point+to+the+close+similarities+between+this+philosophical+framework+and+the+theory+theory+of+concepts%2C+suggesting+that+a+convergence+between+psychological+and+philosophical+approaches+to+concepts+is+possible.+An+underlying+theme+is+to+stress+that+using+a+non-atomist+account+of+concepts+is+crucial+for+the+successful+study+of+conceptual+development+and+change%E2%80%94both+for+the+explanation+of+individual+cognitive+development+and+for+the+study+of+conceptual+change+in+science.&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3576%2F1%2FSPP_ESPP_Brigandt.pdf&rft.identifier=++Brigandt%2C+Ingo++(2004)+Conceptual+Role+Semantics%2C+the+Theory+Theory%2C+and+Conceptual+Change.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3576%2F